Black Matuka Sculpin

Black Matuka Sculpin

Streamer

Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: Streamer, 4XL, Size 6

Thread: Olive 6/0

Materials-

weighted wire: 0.015 Lead-Free Wire

rib: Copper Medium Wire

body: Minnow Belly SLF Dubbing

throat: Red SLF Dubbing

Wing and Tail: Four Natural Black Hackles tied Matuka Style

Pectoral fins: Speckled Hen Body Feather, Dyed Black

collar: Black Deer Body Hair

head: Black spun deer body hair

Notes:

The original Matuka pattern originated in New Zealand in the 1880s. From my understanding the feathers of certain native birds were a useful resemblance to the koaro, namely the kiwi and bittern for the Matuka streamer. The pattern has since come to mean a style of streamer with the feather wing lashed to the hook with a wire rib.