One of the softest natural dubbing available, these five natural shades come in a generous 3" x 5" bag - enough to tie dozens of flies! The fibres are 'lineally aligned', meaning they are parallel to one another allowing for easy application to a thread or wire when spinning into a brush or use the same way as any other dubbing material you are familiar with.
Mix with our Magic Flash synthetic enhancing fibres to get great color shades in a coffee grinder. Dye your own color to 'match the hatch' - instructions courtesy of Carol Wright are below.
With no oils these fibres naturally float due to the tiny air cells within the hairs and pick up small air bubbles in the water to take on a natural insect imitating 'iridescence' in the water. These soft fibres encourage better bites by not making your fly hard or artificial in texture.
HOW TO DYE LLAMA FIBRE – Courtesy of Carol Wright
BLOOD GILL RED - Use White Llama
Dye in small batches (4-5 pieces)for best results.
2 cups water, 4 tbsp. vinegar,
2 tsp. McCormick Red food coloring.
Bring water, vinegar & food coloring to a boil.
Lower to simmer & add 6 inch pieces of White
Llama, pushing it down to cover completely with
dye. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove from dye & set out to dry.
BLOOD LEECH (Maroon) - Use Brown Llama
Dye in small batches (4-5 pieces)for best results.
2 cups water, 4 tbsp. vinegar,
2 tsp. McCormick Red food coloring.
Bring water, vinegar & food coloring to a boil.
Lower to simmer & add 6 inch pieces of Brown
Llama, pushing it down to cover completely
with dye. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove from dye & set out to dry
SUPER BLACK - Use Natural Black Llama
Dye in small batches (4-5 pieces)for best results.
2 cups water, 4 tbsp. vinegar,
2 tsp. McCormick Black food coloring.
Bring water, vinegar & food coloring to a boil.
Lower to simmer & add 6 inch pieces of Black
Llama, pushing it down to cover completely
with dye. Simmer for 10 minutes
Remove from dye & set out to dry.