What it is
Hareline Para Feet is specialized hair taken from rabbit feet for fly tying. On the hook it’s buoyant and durable, with a translucent look and a natural, slightly unruly texture that helps it stand out on the water. It also has high visibility, which is why so many tyers reach for it on small dries.
What to tie with it
Use it for parachute posts and dry-fly wings, especially when you want a post that stays floating and is easy to track. It’s a good fit for common dry-fly techniques like parachute-style posts and upright or spent-style winging where you want some translucence and a natural “buggy” look rather than a perfectly smooth synthetic.
Flies and the fish they're for
While specific patterns aren’t called out for Para Feet in the facts, rabbit-foot fibers are commonly used in small mayfly and midge-style dries and other tiny trout patterns where a buoyant, visible post matters. Fish those kinds of dries to rising trout in rivers, spring creeks, and tailwaters, where you need a fly you can see but that still looks natural. In the same rabbit-foot family of materials, snowshoe rabbit is also used in tiny patterns like the Mole, which is fished as a small trout dry on technical water.
