Varner Deer Belly Hair is a premium fly tying material selected for tyers who need clean flare, strong buoyancy, and consistent performance when building high-profile deer hair flies. Professionally tanned and processed by Josh Varner, this deer belly hair is ideal for spinning, stacking, packing, and carving dense floating patterns like bass bugs, trout divers, mice, poppers, sliders, and muddler heads.
Deer belly hair is naturally prized for its hollow fibers and excellent flotation, but it can also be difficult to work with when the hide is inconsistent or the fibers are twisted, tangled, or uneven. Varner’s careful selection and tanning process creates a soft, supple patch with more uniform fibers, helping tyers build cleaner heads, tighter bodies, and more professional finished flies with less wasted material.
Varner Deer Belly Hair gives fly tyers the combination of buoyancy and workability needed for large surface flies and sculpted deer hair patterns. The hair flares easily under thread tension, packs tightly on the hook shank, and trims cleanly into shaped heads and bodies.
Its hollow structure helps topwater flies ride high, making it especially useful for patterns that need to push water, skate, dive, or float through heavy cover. Whether you are tying a blocky bass bug, a carefully trimmed diver, or a natural mouse pattern, this material provides the structure needed for durable, fishable flies.
Varner Deer Belly Hair is ideal for tying:
Varner Deer Belly Hair stands out because it solves many of the common frustrations that come with tying deer hair flies. The soft tanned hide, straighter fibers, and consistent dye quality make it easier to spin, stack, pack, and trim cleanly. For tyers working on bass bugs, trout divers, mice, and other buoyant topwater flies, this material offers the flare, float, and sculpting control needed to create durable, professional-looking patterns.
