Hareline Polar Goat Hair

What it is

Hareline Polar Goat Hair is a synthetic hair material with ultra-long, fine fibers and a high sheen. It has minimal underfur, so it stays clean and streamlined on the hook and in the water instead of turning into a fuzzy blob. The fibers move naturally, hold up well, and give you length and volume without a bunch of bulk at the tie-in point.

What to tie with it

Use it for long hair wings on tube flies and large streamers, especially when you want a flowing baitfish profile that won’t flare up much under thread pressure. It’s commonly tied as a straight wing, and you can also build long, layered baitfish shapes by stacking sparse bunches to add length and volume while keeping the pattern slim. It’s a good fit anywhere you’d normally reach for long synthetic winging on big, flowing patterns.

Flies and the fish they're for

Polar Goat Hair shows up most naturally in long hair-wing baitfish patterns and tube flies fished for salmon and other predators that want a larger moving target. In British Columbia saltwater, this style of long-wing streamer is a common approach for salmon, and the same baitfish profile carries over well to other coastal predators anywhere you’re fishing big forage. In freshwater, that long, streamlined hair-wing streamer silhouette is right at home for species like trout and smallmouth when they’re keyed on larger baitfish.