Hot orange juice doesn't sound like it would whet the human palate, but the pattern finds itself in the corner of a fish's jaw quite often! The name actually refers to the fluorescent orange thread ("hot") of the body.
I don't know who thought of a fluorescent orange midge pattern, but it is absolutely genius and the Hot Orange Juice (HOJ) is quite an effective pattern in various scenarios. Tie one of these hi-vis snacks on your leader during a large midge hatch and hold on! The fluorescent orange stands out like a sore thumb among the hundreds of thousands of pupa traveling downstream. I don't limit myself the the above... First/Last light, rising waters, slightly off colored water and periods of insect inactivity are a couple of other ideal times to present the HOJ.
This is tying simplicity! If you can tie a Zebra Midge then you can tie this elongated hi-vis version. I also carry a few in standard orange versions aptly names Orange Juice.
Materials:
Hook: TMC 200R, sizes 16-22 (Size 20 pictured)
Bead: Appropriate to hook size (1.5mm pictured).
Ribbing: Hends wire 0.09, gold
Body: Veevus 14/0 fluorescent orange
Optional: Coat body with UV resin or Sally Hansen's
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