The GREAT BUCKTAIL SHORTAGE appears to be over, for now. For a period of time from 2019-2024 we were hardly able to get a bucktail due to high demand from hat manufacturers in New York City. Apparently, the special hats worn by rabbis must be made of natural animal hair - and for a while that hair was being sourced from bucktails. This caused a great shortage for fly tyers.
Now that we have our supply back, we are widening our selection of bucktails by bringing in these high-quality tails from Hareline.Â
Bucktail is just what it sounds like, the tail of a buck (male deer). What it smells like, however, is not something that can be described in words. It is rank. Let's just say that it is of critical importance that you keep your bucktails under lock and key if you have a nosy dog in the house.Â
Bucktails are used for many different flies in both freshwater and saltwater. Clouser minnows and other streamers use the long white fibers for a body/belly and the other colors over the top as the minnow back. Steelhead hairwings are often tied with white bucktail wings and saltwater bonefish flies often use bucktail in the wings.
Per US FIsh & WIldlife regulations - WE CANNOT EXPORT THIS PRODUCT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
