Hareline Ice Chenille

When the standard Chenille isn’t packing enough flash and sparkle, Hareline has you covered with their Ice Chenille. Ice Chenille is a synthetic chenille that brings sparkle and translucency to your fly patterns. This material has a thread core for easy wrapping and its chenille fibers are nice and strong, which helps them stand up to long days on the water in pursuit of predatory fish. A versatile material, Ice Chenille is great for anything from streamer bodies to large nymph thoraxes, and it’s an exceptionally great material for tying flies designed for catching steelhead and salmon. Whether you’re chasing smallmouth bass in a large freestone river or seeking out the first chrome of the season on the Salmon River, Hareline’s Ice Chenille is sure to give your flies that attractive edge. 

Uses

Hareline’s Ice Chenille has a ton of different uses, and you can turn to this material anytime you want to wind some flash and/or translucency into a pattern. Some of the most common uses of this material are to build streamer and popper bodies, wrap nymph thoraxes, add a quick hotspot, and it’s also a great choice for tying fast egg patterns. 

Comparisons 

There are tons of different types of Chenille on the market and Ice Chenille is just one of the many options. If you’re looking for a Chenille without any flash, Hareline’s Ultra Chenille is a safe bet. Ultra Chenille has that standard chenille consistency in all solid colors, which lets you tie natural-looking flies just as well as you can tie more bold-looking flies. However, if flash is a crucial feature of your flies, then Hareline’s Polar Chenille is a great substitute. Polar Chenille also has a flashy and translucent look to it and it comes in a wider range of sizes, providing a bit more versatility at the vise. Another difference between Ice Chenille and Polar Chenille is that Ice Chenille is much more full, so if you want to quickly build a dense body, it’s a better choice than Polar Chenille.