Polar Bear

I found what appears to be a small piece of Polar Bear at A garage sale.Please I need some help with fly patterns I can use it on.

It is great on my favorite pattern, the polar shrimp of course, but I wouldn't use it until I had mastered that fly, the stuff is somewhat tuff to come by at least thats my situation..

save it until your really good at saltwater patterns, just my .o2 cents

John Shewey's books have a number of polar bear hair patterns. You can still find legel polar bear in fly shops at times but it is pricey...last time it was about $12.00 for about 2sq inches, and the quality was poor. I just wish I could still get seal fur in the US.

Polar Bear, and Artic Fox is the preferred wing material in traditional steelhead flies. You can just substitute for the calf tail.

I would recommend it be used only on the smaller flies, as it is quite a bit softer, and I did not like the action on bigger flies.