I am trying to find a source for some loose angora for tying mohair leech style patterns. The leech pattern calls for a sparse dubbing loop of angora goat, resulting in a very sparse body that looks like a leech tied with mohair yarn, only much more sparse. I have tried some of the SLF dub and CrawDub poducts, but the fibers are not really long enough.
One of my catalogs has ‘african goat’ dubbing. Is anyone familar with this matetrial or does anyone have a suggestion for a good substitute?
I love the stuff.
I have Angora Goat Dubbing From Wapsi. It is loose and very easy to put into a dubbing loop.
It comes in many colors, and is easy to get at most fly shops or out of catalogs.
This is what I have: http://www.americanflyfishing.com/Fly+T … Substitute+Dubbing.html
Good luck
African goat is the same as Angora Goat and they are both seal substitutes
Here’s some http://www.kaufmannsstreamborn.com/Catalog/Fly-Tying-Supplies/Materials/Dubbing/WAPGOAT/
Angora goat hair is a wonderful dubbing loop material. Last trout season here, I caught more trout on a Tungsten cone head Angora goat leech in olive, than any other flies in five or six boxes that I carry regularly. You can use it as a tail on your leeches and buggers too, as the fibers are very long and do not soak up water as does marabou, making them easier to cast.
angora goat is the bomb when making those type of patterns
It is not too hard to find loose angora goat. Mike Hogue has it at http://www.eflytyer.com. If you search around fiber crafts, you can find it for spinning and knitting. I bought a roving (bunch of angora goat ready for spinning into yarn) off ebay a few years ago for about $20 and it is a lifetime supply, takes dye very nicely and ties up awesome leeches. The latest tying craze is to mix some finely shredded mylar flash material with angora goat. Here is a link to a leech pattern tied with it right here on FAOL http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/100200fotw.html
The bearlodge angler (an FAOL sponsor) stocks Arizona simi-seal. The Stalcup’s Sparkle Leech dubbing on eflytyer is essentially the same material in different color combinations. If you want a similar material with even longer fibers, try to find some llama. That is a bit harder to find but it is a cool tying material too.
Since all I do is, “walk out to one of my pastures and collect 50 years worth of African Goat hairs”, I don’t have to look "very far’ for it, or, buy it. Seriously, though, my bride and I raise “herd improvement goats”, “4-H quality goats” and “show goats”, in both the American Oberhausli breed and, The African Goats. (Both, pygmy and standard).
Something often overlooked, with goat hair, is the long “beard fiber hairs” which make excellent tail material, for split tails, etc. (as in, natural micro-fibets). The belly hairs, and that combed out, when a goat sheds it’s winter coat, is the best of all for seal imitation fur.
I didn’t know, so many were looking for goat hair, or I’d have saved bags of “Winter comb outs” and sent it to anyone willing to pay the postage!!?!! But, come springtime, I’d be more than happy to send basic "mail envelopes’ of it, to anyone on here that’s interested!!
Unfortunately, this time of year, is not the best time to collect it, because goats grow in their “winter coats” at this time and it’s much coarser, of course, than that of their springtime coats and also, not nearly as “shiny” as is liked for seal imitation.
I use Angora Goat Dubbing from Orvis. It’s wonderful stuff, especially for really buggy looking lies. I also use Alpaca dubbing.