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Today we visited the local Alpaca farm. Alpaca is a long fine fleece, the hairs are hollow. Natural white, black, and brown colors. I was given some to tie with. I tried dubbing with it with good results. Plus I tied a clouser pattern that looks nice, can't wait to fish it. Anyone ever use it and what patterns did you try. Dan
Just thinking out loud here... would alpaca handle the same as goat? I know some people here use goat in preference to deer hair in some flies like Humpy etc to get a nice fine fly. Wonder how it would go there?
The alpaca I got was finer and softer than goat and dubbed easier. dan
Dan and everybody
I prefer tying with alpaca over mohair. I've done quite a bit of tying with it.
Also I tie quite a bit with llama. The average llama has hair that is more coarse than the average alpaca. Individual animals vary. I have a neighbor whose llama is as nice as alpaca.
If you would like some llama send me a SASE 9 x 12 inch envelope and I'll fill it and I'll stuff it and send it back. ( Dan, I believe I've moved since we last swapped, PM me for my current address)
Ed