Matuka

Streamer

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: # 2 – 10 3x

Thread: olive, tan, brown, claret

Bead:

Materials-

underbody: weighted (lead) wire

rib: gold oval tinsel

body: olive, tan, brown dubbing – rabbit fur

tail: olive, brown grizzle hackle

wing: olive, brown grizzle hackle

front hackle: olive, brown gizzle hackle

head: thread

Notes:

The recipe in Peter Gathercole’s The Fly-tying Bible names this streamer Olive Matuka and contains the following:

Hook: #2 – 10 3x streamer, weighted

Thread: olive

Rib: gold oval tinsel

Body: olive rabbit fur

Wing/tail: dyed olive grizzle cock hackle

Hackle: dyed olive grizzle hackle

Head: olive thread

My sample is tied with tan hackle, brown dubbing, and claret thread

Instructions:

Wrap weighed wire (lead) on hook shank and secure in place with thread wraps

Tie in gold oval tinsel to hook bend for rib

Dub the body in choice color; I used brown awesome possum for my sample fly

Choose two grizzle hackle feathers twice the length of the hook shank; stack with concave sides together; strip the fibers from the bottom front half of each feather and tie in the blunt ends behind the hook eye

Lay the wing/tail feathers on top of the body with the stripped side next to the body and the fibers extending up

Separate the fibers on the top side at the end of the hook shank and begin wrapping the rib holding the tail/wing feathers to the top of the body; wrap toward the hook eye separating the fibers as you go; tie off the rib

Tie in the front hackle and wrap; tie off

Create a thread head, whip finish, head cement