ID this material

[YoungEagle]

I was recently given some fly tying material by my brother in-law. He tried tying, but never really enjoyed it. He gave me all his fly tying material, including this tail. It's about 5" long. Any idea what it might be?

[billknepp]

Looks like Raccoon Tail, But thats just my best guess!

Seen Ringtailed cat and it has much better defined rings...

[Bubba Elwood Gump Esq]

I agree with Bill. Looks like a Racoon tail.

[mr. blur]

you could prolly make a pretty cool hat from it.

[bassman]

Looks like coon tail to me also. John

[RonMT]

I think it is a Monga tail I have some and they are very good for tying small streamers. They also work real well for hair wing Salmon flies. Just a guess but I have trapped Coon's and they normally do not have such white and dark bands that go all the way around the tail. They are more mixed. Ron

[Donald Nicolson]

A few years ago a materials supplier over here listed
'Bassarisk' tails in their catalogue. Your question trigger off my memory, so I did a search -
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bassariscus


http://img.tfd.com/wiki/c/c4/Ringtailcat.gif

[RonMT]

Donald that is the same critter LOL Ron

[Donald Nicolson]

Ron,
I did a search on 'Monga' and couldn't find anything relavent, it must be a local or dialect word.
A very interesting little animal. I liked the name 'Miner's Cat'.

[billknepp]

The same animal is also known as a ringtailed cat.....and those tails are much more well defined than is the american racoon, Been around them since I was a kid..My father was way into the Hound sports/Coon'Huntin...We trapped them and kept them for training dogs...even had one as a pet...Till it bit my mother on the shoulder....

One of the best tailing materials for my spinner flies...Hobofisher,
I did not forget you....I will get that spinner on it's way to you sometime this weekend... Sorry for the delay....