by Charlie Craven
I developed my Jujubee Midge over twenty years ago when I was guiding on the South Platte River. Thread midges and the like are productive patterns in Cheesman Canyon, but I needed an edge for these ultra-selective fish. The Jujubee came about quite by accident one day. I was tying braided barracuda flies for an upcoming saltwater trip using SuperHair for the bodies when I looked at the SuperHair in a different way. What if I wrapped it around a hook to form a midge body, rather than tying it on in hanks as for the Cuda fly? I dug out a few smaller hooks and went to town mixing and matching the SuperHair colors to create different color patterns with contrasting ribs. The result is what you see here today.
Jujubee Midge by Charlie Craven
I developed my Jujubee Midge over twenty years ago when I was guiding on the South Platte River. Thread midges and the like are productive patterns in Cheesm…
MATERIALS:
HOOK: #16-22 TMC 2488
THREAD: WHITE TMC 16/0 OR WHITE VEEVUS 14/0
ABDOMEN: TWO STRANDS OF CHARTREUSE COLOR SUPERHAIR AND ONE STRAND OF BLACK
THORAX: BLACK 8/0 UNI-THREAD
WING CASE: WHITE FLUORO FIBRE
