Pā kahawai -- Maori trolling lures

​This is a reproduction of a Pā kahawai trolling lure I made form wood, bone abalone and coconut fiber.   Pā kahawai  are designed to attract and hook large surface-feeding fish, such as kahawai (sea trout: Arripis trutta). Adapted from Polynesian trolling lures, pā kahawai are composite lures typically constructed using a ground and shaped pāua (large New Zealand abalone with blue-green inner shell) shell lure set in a wooden shank with a bone barb fixed at the base and bound tightly with muka (flax fibre) cord.