I have and have used both Baby Camel and Alpaca. A friend is an Alpaca breeder. Both are long and soft fibers. Both fibers have been used for thousands of years in both twisted and felted form. I have only seen baby camel in one color, a medium tan. This color is so consistent as to be generally und...

Thank you Mike I did ask "what exactly Spade hackles are" and you provided a wealth of both explanation and resources for further exploration. I appreciate that. Although I am familiar with tailing feathers, I did not know that spade hackles and tailing feathers are one and the same. I hav...

Hello Although this has long been one of my favorite resources on the web. I have not posted here before. I followed the forum here from its previous host. I live and fish in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania where 'Big' Jim Leisenring was a household name (at least...