I've been looking at a number of patterns lately that call for "deer hair."

But, that's all that they specify. They don't say if they want body hair, or belly hair, or bucktail; each, of course, with their own properties and buoyancies.

Obviously a deer-hair bug won't work with bucktail, so if the pattern is for a bug I know it's belly or body.

But the patterns I've been seeing are for streamers. I don't have any links handy, unfortunately, but is there a way for me to discern what kind of "deer hair" to use for a given pattern, if the pattern doesn't specify ?

Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

MZR