Welcome to the Bitterroot Valley, ditch pickle capital of the west!

Photo by Perry Backus of the Ravalli Republic

WTF!?  I mean WTF!?  This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.  That is too big of a mistake to be brushed off as ignorance.  How in the hell do you live in the Bitterroot and can't tell the difference between a nasty-ass ditch pickle and a trout?  They may as well have used an image of a hunter chasing a gazelle with a spear.  Or maybe they could have had people climbing palm trees for coconuts. And a plug?  Really?    

The Green Weeny Matuka

The Green Weeny Matuka

Thread:  6/0 whatever color
Hook:  Size 10-6 2XL streamer hook
Tail/wing:  Olive died grizzly soft hackle
Body:  Your favorite dubbing mix.  I use a little flash on some and a lot on others for varying conditions.
Ribbing:  Wire in copper, black, or red
Collar:  Olive died grizzly soft hackle


The Green Weeny Matuka is just plain killer.  In green, it works as a small rainbow trout.  Using other color combinations will cover any baitfish you'll encounter.  I've even caught ditch pickles bass on Matukas.

Yellow grizzly with a brown collar makes a great brown trout fry
Yellow grizzly with yellow grizzly collar makes a great small perch fly
Red grizzly with green or brown collar makes brook trout fry

Beaverhead brown eats brown trout Matuka