Olive Matuka Sculpin
Streamer
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: 3XL streamer, Size 6
Thread: 140 Denier Olive
Materials-
weighted wire: 0.015 Lead-Free Wire
rib: Veevus French Tinsel – Large
body: Hareline Olive Hare’s Ear Dubbing
Wing/Tail: Olive Dyed Hackle Hen Saddle (2)
hackle: Olive Dyed Hackle Hen Saddle
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 rib of some type.