Idaho RC 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2016 Somewhere around 600+... PT/TB 600 Wow! Impressive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Southgate 39-5 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2016 Two boot boxes full, however many that is. That's mostly Danville or Uni . I also have a couple of shoe boxes ( about 6x12 ) full of Pearsalls tying silk and floss. I don't think 30 is obscene at all . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 Somewhere around 600+... PT/TB I have to ask. Why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlatsRoamer 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 I feel poor lol. Good thing I'm washing cars tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 Flats don't buy into the spend and hype of fishing. Happiness is money in the bank. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planettrout 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 Somewhere around 600+... PT/TB I have to ask. Why? Because that is what I have collected and used over the past 42 years... PT/TB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 If we do not count in my pearsalls gossamere I have 2! Types... UTC70 in white and a kevlar for pike flies. Then I have quite a number of promarkers to color the thread when needed (typically for the head...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 Because that is what I have collected and used over the past 42 years... PT/TB Oh, ok. We thought you owned Danville or something... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2016 Too many. And most of it I almost never use. Most of the time I use white 6/0 Danville for anything from dries to streamers. I try not to build massive heads so when I put a drop of head cement on a bucktail or whatever, it soaks in and makes it somewhat transparent, showing the colors of the materials underneath. I could probably get by for the rest of my life with white, tan/dirt-color, a medium olive, black, and a spool or two of chartreuse and fluorescent red. For things like deer hair bugs a couple sizes of white GSP covers everything. But in the end, it's more fun to have a drawer full of different stuff I have collected over the years. FR there is no need to feel at any sort of disadvantage by having a basic selection which covers your needs. If you stick with this hobby, by the time you're 45 or 50 you will have as much junk as the rest of us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rolf Jacobsen 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 Not to hijack the thread but how many have had thread "go bad/break easily" as they get older? Oh! 30 threads and 20 silk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 It is ok to hijack the thread. Heck...! You can keep it. Just planettrout alone has 599+ left... When I pulled them out of the box my 10+ years old threads look mostly fine. Some of the UNI was suspect looking, curiously brown and tan only. But when I wrapped a hook in them and whip finished, the thread did not feel weak. So, whether it was dust on the outer part of the spool that only showed in those colors or some kind of degradation of the thread or the pigments, I don't think it affected the thread by much. I am sure others have a much better perspective on this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RexW 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 At least 84 spools of tying thread, plus wire, tinsel, floss, Mylar, rod wrap threads, rib materials, and who knows what... Stuff accumulates over time... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce M 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 I don't know why but I've always kind of been embarrassed by how many spools of threads I have, almost like a hoarder. But after reading this thread I feel much better about myself, I only have around 100 or so, you guys with 100+ are freaks 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphs007 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 68 spools of thread, please no one ask how many flies. I'm sorry,but now I have to know,how many flies do you have ? ;0) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planettrout 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2016 It is ok to hijack the thread. Heck...! You can keep it. Just planettrout alone has 599+ left... When I pulled them out of the box my 10+ years old threads look mostly fine. Some of the UNI was suspect looking, curiously brown and tan only. But when I wrapped a hook in them and whip finished, the thread did not feel weak. So, whether it was dust on the outer part of the spool that only showed in those colors or some kind of degradation of the thread or the pigments, I don't think it affected the thread by much. I am sure others have a much better perspective on this. Hey...when a good thing is about to go the way of the dodo bird, ya' snatch it up... PT/TB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
