Pronghorn antelope is a very coarse, soft, tender hair that is in goodsupply. It is available in two natural colors, white to gray and richbrown. Antelope is good for flared bodies but poor for wings and tails. Dall sheep is a rare, fine, soft, tender, white hair that flares well forbodies of small flies and bugs. Bighorn sheep is the same as Dall, except for its brindle color of gray,tan, white and cream colors.
Mountain goat is a rare, long, coarse to fine white hair that's good formost deer-hair work.
Caribou is a plentiful, short, thick, fine, soft hair with a gray orwhitish color. It's good for small fly bodies. The ability to tie with deer hair gives any fly tier added versatility. He can tie effective proven fly designs and create many new designs toduplicate nearly all the foods fish eat. Don't put off tying with deerhair.