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using alpaca fur

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#1 User is offline   rich mc 


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Posted 26 September 2008 - 10:06 PM

there is an alpaca farm near me. i never heard of alpaca fur being used on a fly. anyone try some before? thanks rich
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Posted 26 September 2008 - 10:11 PM

You can use anything including lint from your clothes dryer, so I'm sure alpaca will be great.
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Posted 27 September 2008 - 07:10 AM

There are some local guys here in MI the use it for baitfish streamer patterns and have great success.
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Posted 28 September 2008 - 10:52 PM

i was more interested in its movement in the water. such as it seems to be longer than rabbit fur but i dont know if its more bouyant . i have never seen it in any fly catalogue or fly shop. now my sisters wll hanging may be missing a piece. the alpaca farm a few miles away may get a visit from me. thanks
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Posted 29 September 2008 - 09:15 AM

What type of hair is it Long, short, curly, full of dub, etc. I would like to know if you wouldn't mind.

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Posted 29 September 2008 - 01:45 PM

It works about the same a llama hair.
Mkaes some nice leeches and is great for heares ear type flies.

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Posted 29 September 2008 - 07:56 PM

There's a place in Ohio that sells it for fly tying. I have some dubbing and some yarn. It is really nice stuff. I saw him demonstrate some in water and that stuff moved so much! It looked alive even more than marabou! I'd definately give them a look.
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Posted 30 September 2008 - 11:44 AM

They Alpaca hair that I have seen is long, it has movement not unlike synthetics, not stiff but not supple like marabou either, it is somewhere in the middle.
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Posted 26 October 2008 - 08:22 PM

Alpaca is very similar to Llama and I know that Llama dubbing floats. You should check it out.
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