Hareline Variegated Chenille

One of those products that you just can’t ever have enough of, Hareline’s Variegated Chenille has a variety of useful applications at the tying desk. Variegated Chenille is a supple chenille that absorbs water and has an attractive barring pattern worked right into its color, and it’s an excellent choice whether you’re building a body on a streamer, crafting a crayfish, tying large nymphs, spicing up your Wooly Buggers, or creating the perfect cinder worm. From saltwater to freshwater, Variegated Chenille is a material that you can always find a use for, and it’s often a more durable and user-friendly option to dubbing. Coming in a variety of colors, this is a material that you’ll find yourself turning to any chance you get.

Uses

Hareline’s Variegated Chenille has a ton of applications, but it’s best known as a material used for palmering and building up durable bodies with ease. An easy material to handle and use, Variegated Chenille is fast to work with and is something that you can turn to anytime you need a durable streamer, nymph, or wet fly material, and it’s also a great choice for propping up materials or creating butts on classic hairwing flies. 

Comparisons

Variegated Chenille VS Chenille

“Regular”Chenille is a very similar material to Variegated Chenille in terms of construction but offers a much different appearance. Regular Chenille doesn’t have the barring pattern that Variegated Chenille does, so it’s not something you can turn to whenever you want immediate color contrast in your flies. While these both have a ton of uses, Chenille is the choice you want to make whenever you’re looking for solid color with the same properties, and Variegated Chenille is the choice whenever you need to add contrast and enhance the colors of your flies.

Example Flies

One of the most popular flies that benefits from the use of Variegated Chenille is the classic Wooly Bugger--Variegated Chenille is an excellent material for building the body of this fly. Other flies that utilize Variegated Chenille are Pat’s Rubber Legs Nymph and the popular bonefish fly named the Mini Puff. 

• Pat’s Rubber Legs
• Woolly Bugger
• Mini Puff