fly tying thread

[McGnat 0]

I like Danville 6/0 too. Maybe because that's what I started tying with many years ago.

[ditz2 0]

AAAAHHH....to each his own.....One of the posters finds Uni 6/0 to be terrible and I value his ideas. However I use mostly Uni 6/0 and find it to be quite universal. Most of my warm water flies are 14 thru 2. I do like 8/0 uni for smaller stuff. I even use the 6/0 on most of my larger saltwater and bass ties. I suppose if you young tiers had ever used the old Herters tying threads you too would love the uni 6/0. It is so far superior one would never know they are for the same application. For hair bugs I now prefer GSP 100 but have no problem using uni 3/0 or Danville 240. I do like the flat Danville threads but it isn't as easy to find around here.

[Stippled Popper 0]

For the vast majority of my poppers and other warm water ties Uni 8/0 works just fine. The 6/0 and

3/0 Uni threads are most often used for building up under bodies.

 

Like McGnat stated, what you are familiar with is the way you go. You learn how much tension

can be applied to your wraps, etc.

[COMike 0]

bookmark it for future reference

 

http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/tying-thread/

Thanks Flytire! I actually enjoyed reading up on this!

 

 

Whatever works for YOU stay with it

 

THe article will hopefully help those tyers that are unaware of all of the tying threads out there and who may want to expand their knowledge of thread

I agree with Flytire. In the face of thread rating systems rendered basically useless by lack of standardization in the industry, we're just as well off (and less confused) wtih trial-and-error.

 

The article was very informative; thanks for posting.

 

Agreed Bryon! I am still sorting out different threads after my "multi pack" purchase. I am not yet experienced enough to notice a difference in thread properties but I have begun to notice some threads "spread out" on the hook shank and others do not. Even with the videos I don't comprehend the difference yet. More tying and experimenting may help me with that.

 

Essentially a rehash of Chris Helm's work (cited) with the usual rant about the aught and the denier systems. So much hay is made of these scales it is a wonder fly tiers can tie at all? Article would almost have one believe the average tier stands perplexed and frozen in indecision when facing a rack of tying threads. The updated table is nice as far as it goes, but if the point of the article is to help the beginning tier pick a thread, then all it does is flood the uninitiated with too much information.

 

One must wonder if his next article is going to be about the lack of consensus concerning hook sizes.

While there may be "to much information" the post helps "us" beginners realize that there ARE differences....something that I will learn in the future I suppose!

 

Here's a video showing how UTC, UNI and Veevus lay on a hook. It was published last year.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLgE20W-Rc

 

RC....this video REALLY HELPED me visualize things.....thanks for sharing this! It really helped!