Matuka Sculpin
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Fly: Doug Jeffries, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann
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Hook: |
Mustad 9672 or TMC 300, 3X long shank hook, size 8 - 2 |
| Thread: |
Tan, 3/0 or Danville Monochord |
| Weedguard: |
Twin loops of 20 pound stiff Mason |
| Weight: |
0.020 or 0.030 lead wire, 10 – 14 wraps, from mid-shank toward hook eye |
| Rib: |
Gold wire or tinsel, medium size |
| Body: |
Hareline Dubbing, mix of 25% goldenrod, 25% brown, 50% natural hare's ear |
| Gills: |
Red wool yarn, loosely wound, 2 – 4 turns at front of body |
| Wing: |
Hen neck hackles, 2 to 4, paired concave side inward, wide and webby, color to match body, strip barbules from lower side of hackle the length of body |
| Fins: |
Two pheasant body feathers, curved outward and slightly down, just in front of gills |
| Head: |
White elk spun to the bottom, tan and brown and black elk stacked on top; shave bottom flat, head should be trimmed wide and flat, leave a collar of tan elk over the wing and body |
| Eyes: |
Solid plastic doll eyes, glued into a hollow in the elk hair head with Goop cement |