Black Hares Ear

ID: nz33

NZ Hare & Copper

ID: nz34

Grey Ghost Silver

ID: nz40

Fuzzy Wuzzy Green

ID: nz41

Black and Peacock Nymph

ID: nz43

Horn Caddis

ID: nz44

Peacock Flashback Nymph

ID: nz45

Pheasant Flashback Nymph

ID: nz46

NI Halfback Nymph

ID: nz47

Pheasant Tail Hare Thorax

ID: nz48

Black Stonefly

ID: nz49

NZ Brown Stonefly

ID: nz50

NZ Olive Stonefly

ID: nz51

Taupo Tiger - Red

ID: nz52

NZ Grizzly Matuka

ID: nz53

Red Setter - Dark Tail

ID: nz55

Black Fuzzy Wuzzy

ID: nz56

Woolly Bugger - Olive Flash

ID: nz58

Green Caddis

ID: nz6

Rabbit Matuka - Lumo

ID: nz68

Matuka style streamers are one of the earliest New Zealand patterns. The first versions of the Matuka used feathers from either the Bittern or Kiwi to form the trailing wing. Once the use of Kiwi and Bittern feathers was banned a great number of Matuka variations began to develop. Parsons Glory being one of the most famous. The Rabbit Matuka is yet another one of these variants and perhaps one of the most successfull. The trailing wing of soft tanned rabbit fur provides a seductive degree of movement to any baitfish pattern but take care not to over do it. The bulk of the rabbit fur tail should not be much longer than the total body length. This helps to avoid the possibility of the tail fouling by wraping around the bend of the hook. Cut the soft tanned natural rabbit skin to about the thickness of a match stick. It is easy to overdress these flies and it's a case of less material providing the best results. An over dressed wing can put the whole fly off balance especially if tied on a light guage wire hook. For this reason Rabbit Matukas are often tied on Mustad 3666 hooks. Luminious material has found its way into a number of patterns in recent years and the Rabbit Matuka is no

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Jeff Wood