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While my spool collection turned out to be far less than average in numbers... I take comforting in looking at the wall rack of wooden spooled threads and silks and know no-one has seen this quality in about a hundred years. But I Know I Was SHOCKED at true quality when some-one cut me a few pieces off of his VINTAGE tinsels last year...There is a master collection I would love to visit in person and rummage through...

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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.

I've had some new spools of thread with weak spots as well as old. Obviously if you keep your thread in a sunlit window and over a radiator, it will degrade rather quickly.

Some of it there is just no explanation other than poor manufacturing tolerances. Glad it doesn't happen very often. I have several 25 year old spools of 3/0 monocord which

seem as good as new. I have a couple new spools of 6/0 danville and Uni which are crap. I'll be tying a "normal" fly without nicking it or over-stressing it and it just breaks...

pull a foot or two off the spool and it just is ridiculously weak.... pull another couple feet off and it is fine for a while. I don't get bent out of shape about it

but it can be annoying.

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When I first started tying, I bought a lot of Danville 6/0, Monocord and Flymaster (mostly for deer hair) because that was what the shop had. Then I got on a Uni kick because that's what everyone used in all the fishing mags, and the Danville sat in the corner. Then I started doing a lot of stuff like split-thread loops that worked much better with a flat thread and started using UTC, except the 70 denier was way too flossy for my taste so I found MFC 8/0 for smaller applications. Then I looked in that box of old Danville thread and found that I really liked how the 6/0 worked for a lot of trout fly applications (except spinning deer hair) so it looks like I'm back where I started.

 

Regards,

Scott

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My rack holds 60 spools and it's full. Still have two more bags of thread. I have a tendency to buy two or three spools when I buy thread.

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Probably 15. I've had much, much more at times, but I've found there's only really a dozen or so I use. Just gave the rest away over time.

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Probably 15. I've had much, much more at times, but I've found there's only really a dozen or so I use. Just gave the rest away over time.

You sir are a wise man.

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You wanna talk obscene I think in spools approx. 200 to 250 plus four skeins for tying. I think I have 30 to 40 rod building.

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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.

 

I'm saddened to learn that my spools of thread close to 3 or 4 decades old, also break ridiculously easily. I tried hard to convince myself that it wasn't so--that I was just pulling too hard. The thread even breaks when I pull it out of the bobbin. I tried loosening the bobbin. After rethreading the bobbin a couple of times, I took notice. I even took half the thread off of one spool hoping it would get better, but no. Naturally, my Internet inquiry brought me back to this site--where I may at least might find some fellow commiseraters-ha. The only "possible survivor" is a spool of 3/0 that I used for bass bugs which started out stronger than it needed to be. So tonight, I need to "fish" out of the sewing machine cabinet...the stuff I found there is much stronger..ha. I'll try waxing it up..

 

Bill_729

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Yes Bill, I like to stock up when I find a thread I like but it's a balance between stores going bad and not having access to any. For me now it's generally black or white thread and I just use floss or marker for accent if it needs it.

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griffiths sheer 24,uni-thread asst colors 30,danville 21,nanosilk gel spun 12.almost time to restock some colors.lol

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I have about 30. Its a split between sewing thread and tying tread. I keep them on bobbins. Just like the smaller size. I over grip the spools and end up breaking the thread.

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