Yong OJ is Andy Kim’s orange mini-scud or micro-egg pattern using San Juan worm chenille or vernille material tied in for the length of the shank then doubled over and ribbed with matching thread on a curved scud hook. Also favorite colors of Andy’s in this patter are pink and yellow. This is my daughter’s favorite fly to tie or to fish, so I’ll put the recipe here on our family recipes and sporting pages, so that she doesn’t forget it, nor Andy’s comments about this extremely effective fly.
To buy the flies from Andy or book a trip visit his site at:
http://www.fly-fish.com/
You won’t be disappointed, as he catches a tremendous amount of fish on the San Juan and he can teach you his methods, which are quite unique and extremely effective.
Tying My Daughter’s Favorite Fly
Yong OJ is Andy Kim’s orange mini-scud or micro-egg pattern using San Juan worm chenille or vernille material tied in for the length of the shank then doubled over and ribbed with matching thread on a curved scud hook. Besides just tithe OJ color, as Andy says the color spectrum changes throughout the day, his other colors of in this patter are pink and yellow. This is my daughter’s favorite fly to tie or to fish, so I’ll put the recipe here on our family recipes and sporting pages, so that she doesn’t forget it, nor Andy’s comments about this extremely effective fly.
Hook: Tiemco 2457 in size 20 (or similar types in fairly micro sizes compared to the much larger usual egg patterns sold in shops)
Thread: Uni-thread light cahill (for all colors, as it turns relatively transparent when wet)
Body: Wapsi Ultra Chenille–Micro Fluorescent Peach (for the original orange juice looking color, which has been discontinued and the new orange is a little more of a hunter’s orange color.) And also tied in pink (both the old Wapsi light pink and the new Fluorescent Pink). Micro chenille works best for size 20, but for 18 or bigger, use standard size chenille.
Instructions: Start thread at eye and using the San Juan worm vernille or chenille material tied in for the length of the shank then doubled over and ribbed with thread on a curved scud hook. Whip finish and apply head cement sparingly so as to not soak the body material. I find rubbing the thread underneath the body with a very little of thin head cement also improves the durability.
Believing myself to be a serious fly fisher, I stopped using eggs a long time ago because they worked so well, so I didn’t pay much attention to this fly 20 years ago when I first saw Andy’s success with them on the San Juan River and other places. Since it’s also a scud pattern and it’s extremely effective, I’ve since gotten over my self-imposed stigma. He often seems to use it as a searching pattern, then switching to other more match the hatch kind of flies. So, I recently started tying them on again for my daughter to use and she also really enjoys tying them, especially in pink. You can see how this egg/scud pattern has changed in colorations over time from pictures on Andy’s site, as he has used many shades going from yellow to orange to pink.
The old colors which included Wapsi Ultra Chenille–Micro Fluorescent Peach (which was the original color causing it to get the OJ name), often in micro chenille when tied on size 20-22 Tiemco 2457, but some of these materials are discontinued having been replaced by other makers with slightly different colors. This one Andy is using a lot right now is in bright chartreuse pink, but he was different colors shown on Andy’s site back when the manufacturing of Wapsi Fluorescent Orange and Fluorescent Peach and the light pink colors were discontinued. But Andy doesn’t stress about that much, he replied to my daughter’s comment about the differing shades with something like “You’re a perfectionist. Trout don’t care about all that so much, that’s for fishermen.” And he also pointed out that “the color spectrum changes underwater, as the light changes throughout the day, making chartreuse and fluorescent colors more appealing to trout in early and late hours of the day.”
To buy the flies from Andy or book a trip visit his site at:
You won’t be disappointed, as he catches a tremendous amount of fish on the San Juan and he can teach you his methods, which are quite unique and extremely effective. If your a dry flyer, Andy’s dry flies are fun to tie and very effective as well, as are his streamers the Kimchee and AKSS.
AKSS is Andy’s newest pattern, order some from him today if you want to catch trophy sized fish.
My daughter is also enjoying tying with the new pink squirmy wormy materials.
