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.