This Fly Was Almost BANNED! - YONG SPECIAL/THREAD MIDGE - Fly Tying Tutorial 

ty for giving Andy Kim credit for inventing this fly

Met Andy Kim on the banks of the Green River, didn't know then what I know now! He showed me the fly and how to use it. The next day, my son and I are drifting the A section with Boomer (Trout Flies,Dutch John) and we talked about this guy and his popular midge fly! Boomer and other guides didn't like him. We had a wonderful day on The Green!!!....next day I had just caught and released a nice Rainbow, then a very nice Brown, and Boomer drifts by , I yell at him '' I just released a nice Rainbow and Brown on a Yong Special! ''......he yells back '' didn't count '' we waved at each other!

Good stuff, did a internship on the Juan. I chased this fly for years and its history. I sorted core samples. One table spoon 3 thousand larva!! and 40 hours so eye strain.

Didn't see this when it got posted. I'm another convert of the thread fly. I've tied a bunch of the small ones for my trips to the San Juan, but, I also tie them in larger sizes for lakes and ponds. On 16 jig hooks with beads I will even put a tail (mallard duck) or collar (peacock or ostrich) on them. FWIW, most of my patterns I tie with thread bodies. I was also taught to use Coates and Clark thread, but, I now use silk thread (Gutermann sewing thread or embroidery floss). The JuJuBee is another variant I like. Andy said he uses a different material now but I don't know what it is. Yep, Andy got tired of the folks snagging at the river. Many intentional. Pegging especially.

Love your no BS approach.. Reg

Nice looking fly! Simple and effective does the trick!

Love the vids Cheech, but c'mon. Please get off the bandwagon of ppl claiming this or that fly got banned, it's pure bs and you know it. Banned by who? Where? Pure unadulterated bs, please stop that. But definitely keep putting out vids, you're doing good work.

So you joined the 'banned' wagon! 😂 great tie as always simple midges are hard to beat

If you want to save bulk on the collar ditch the whip finish on the body thread and tie in your collar thread then tie off the body thread.

I'm beginning to really like semperfli threads =)

It is very good. Thank you.

Nice one!

I dig ur purple vise. Who makes it...? Thx!

Gee's with that had you look like some sort of revolutionary. As for the fly, that is the kind of fly I like, quick and cheap to tie.

Thanks god you didn’t say the name because you know Andy is at the ESPN hole watching this :-)

its like a mercury buckskin, this thing would slay in later spring and summer when Caddis are about.

Cheech me to Tye a fly !

Like that patch on your hat..got any for sale? Video was great too. Lol😂

Thx for bead threading tip🍻

Wigwam club tried to ban a fly called Yellow Canary. Bet you cant find that one. It is a awesome streamer for the Kanloops that came out of Wigwam's hatchery ponds.

The crack about digital watches was pretty funny. Also, the copper color inside the glass bead is actually called the/a ‘liner’ or ‘lining’. The only issue I have is why would you use pure silk? Is awfully expensive compared to some of the other materials design to create underbodies. They are (depending on the manufacturer) labelled as “underbody” or “stomach”. They are great for building underbody bulk and would be excellent for this type of fly. Using pure silk as the full dress boys falling off their chairs right now….

I can't see it. Why so far???

How can a fly be banned who's saying you can't use it???

Oh boy!!!

Andy Kim …… He is everywhere!

It’s so funny how the effective flies get banned or almost banned. I tell ya, cry babies in a sport can ruin it or at least put a dark mark on it. Ole well, thanks for the tie, I really appreciate it!!!

Simple but deadly!

nice fly buddy, but next time you record a video though, remember to wear a light-colored shirt. Dark on dark doesn't look good ;)

It looks like a Champion spark plug 😀

Killer in grey around Colorado.

Andy Kim won't let ANYONE forget that he invented the Yong Special either - in fact, I am pretty sure he's tried to convince people he invented the San Juan River...

It's called a what???

Bass fisherman that tried fly fishing up in shambles.

Wait, I’m not the only one spilling beads??

Been fishing Yong Specials for years. Who wanted to ban it? How absurd!

Banned by WHO????????WTF????????

Who knew that FFF would sink so low that it would resort to click-bait. And you mock those who use tenkara?

I’ve watched a few videos of yours where you say the flies were nearly banned. By who and how would that be possible? Are you talking tournament fishing? Or just BS? Seems a bit of a gimmick that is unnecessary to attract views. That aside your fly tying skills are excellent and well explained. I must say that the “banned” thing in the title actually almost made me not watch it. Seeing yong special is what grabbed my eye. That is what I clicked for. That being said I have tied and fished the yong special for years on the San Juan and for me a true yong does not have a bead. Just a small black head on a threaded body. Hugely effective without a bead but I’m not opposed to the bead but I would name it the beaded yong or better yet something totally different. BTW I have caught 3 fish of a lifetime of over 30” and 15 lbs plus at the Texas hole. All browns of course. One of those was on an olive yong! Absolute truth. I have photos. So to say that I love the yong would be an understatement. I met Andy Kim (who claims to have come up with the yong special) early in my fly fishing career and he turned me on to them and I’m glad he did. Often he and I will be the last guys to leave the river for the parking lot often using head lamps to gear down at rivers edge. But that is when the hogs come out to play!! All three of my huge toads came as the sun was setting behind the bluffs. What I call the bewitching hour! Party on dudes!!

don't forget to NOT snag fish with this ;-)

So another youtube liar I see

Andy Kim....Meh

I see all these flies that were ALMOST BANNED!?? BANNED BY WHO!?? LOL !

Or you can grab your hook with your hackle pliers and just scoop the hook into the beads and a bead will be on your hook everytime. Just saying!😂😂