Ideal for those of us who want to test the bucktail waters without much commitment, Hareline’s Bucktail Combo Pack gives you six different colors of bucktail to work with. With six different chunks and color options, you’ll get a nice variety of hair qualities and colors without having to buy six different tails. This pack allows you to tie anything from large Hollow Fleyes to smaller traditional hair streamers, and the quality of these chunks is quite nice. Ready for freshwater and saltwater use, bucktail is king, and this combo pack allows you to see what makes it such a great material without the added costs.
Uses
Bucktail is a really versatile natural fiber, and it’s a great choice for things like tails, collars, and wings on streamers, tails on poppers, and it’s the key ingredient in ultra-effective flies like the Bucktail Deceiver, Clouser Minnow, and Lefty’s Deceiver.
Comparisons
Bucktail is a material that isn’t like anything else. If you want to tie with bucktail, another option is to buy Hareline’s Large Northern Bucktail, which is a full tail, but doing this only gets you one tail and one color, so if you want the assortment of colors and hair qualities, it’s best to go with the combo pack.
Example Flies
Whenever it comes to bucktail, there are a ton of different flies, and a few of the most popular are: