HARELINE CALF TAIL

Achieve unmatched visibility and structural durability on your custom patterns with Hareline Calf Tail (Kip Tail), the definitive choice for premium hair-wing applications. Hand-selected for top-tier quality, this natural hair features a distinctively crinkled, wavy texture that prevents the fibers from matting together when wet. This unique structure makes it the absolute industry standard for stacking and tying high-floating, ultra-visible wings on classic dry flies like Royal Wulffs, parachute posts, and stonefly attractors. Beyond coldwater rivers, the rugged, stiff nature of calf tail fibers makes it a mandatory ingredient for legendary tropical saltwater flats flies, including Crazy Charleys and Gotchas. It stacks beautifully, accepts fly floatants flawlessly, and provides a crisp, high-contrast silhouette that both surface-feeding trout and cruising bonefish can easily track. Elevate your bench with a truly premium material that delivers exceptional tracking and performance down to the last wrap.

When you are tossing high-floating attractors into the turbulent pocket water and rushing riffles of the Grey Reef or Miracle Mile stretches of the North Platte River right here in Casper, tracking a flat-winged fly through the foam is nearly impossible. Local tiers use Hareline Calf Tail to twist up extra-thick upright wings on size 12 and 14 Royal Wulffs. The crinkly kip tail fibers flare out beautifully upon clipping, creating a dense white barrier that catches our intense, high-altitude Wyoming sun glare perfectly. Because the hair is naturally rigid, it keeps its shape drift after drift, even after getting thoroughly slimed by a hard-fighting 20-inch rainbow trout. Keep a white and a fluorescent orange tail on your bench so you are always ready for fast-water season.