Fitch’s tail, similar to the stoat’s tail but slightly longer, is used for hair-dressed salmon flies and streamers. The hair is hard, flossy, and thin, with an average length of 2 to 4 cm and the tail about 20 cm long.
The underfur is a good natural dry fly dubbing. Tail fibers are commonly used for hair wings on salmon flies.
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