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		Id try the wb first.. get used to doing things.. then go for that Matuka.. 
 
.. welcome to the other side of fly fishing.. hope you gots lots of deep pockets.. :-)
 
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		I took a class many years ago.  Not sure why, as I had been tying for many years before hand.  I think it was more to learn about different hooks, and material.
Right off they told me I was way advance.
Anyway, I remember, we learned the GLOW BUG, and la fontaine’s sparkle pupa’s, Woolly Buggers AND the MATUKA,  It is a fairly easy tie.
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		not when I tie them.. lol...
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		Look at it this way...a Matuka CAN be a Woolly bugger without the tail and the hackle tied in by the ribbing length wise instead of wrapped.
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		I agree sis.. was not saying it was a hard tie.. :-).. just saying I remember like it was this past summer that I was all thumbs intially.. (still am when I first get back on the vise).. and a wooly is a very easy tie to get over the thumbsy part before moving up.. to adding the extra parts.. lol.. well for me anyway.. [:p]
 
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		ok someone have a pic of this matuka so i can see what you are all talking about?  Thanks!
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		[center][font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 3]Here is one of many patterns:
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		Looks like you tie in two hackles.  One for a long wing the other right behing the head?
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		It is actually two feathers down the back , back to back, and then one for a soft hackle collar.  You can also tie the bodies out of Floss, chenille, and dubbing.
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		Ok Thanks!!![cool]
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		that is the one I saw when I looked that fly up.. :-)
 
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		sounds like a good recommendation to me.. :-)
 
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