Hi Neville - that's what I am looking for . . . opinions of those with more experience than me :)
Welcome some more opinions too ;) Tight lines, Jack On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Neville Gosling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hell Jack: > > I notice in my reply that my ISP is still tagging my messages to VFB > as [Shaw Suspected Junk Email]. Hopefully you will still receive it. > > > This is just my opinion only, but I have been wrapping rods since my > schooldays 60+ years ago > > Silk Thread: > > Used primarily for wrapping bamboo rods because of its esthetics, goes > clear when varnished and is traditional. I have 3 cane coarse fishing rods > that I wrapped years ago when living in the uk. I wrapped them with silk > thread and used even finer Pearsalls’s fly tying silk of the same colour > for the intermediate wraps every few inches. The rods were varnished with > an oil based varnish and still look pretty good although not used for many > years. Some people refer to a thread as silk when it is not real silk. > > Nylon Thread > > There are all sorts of threads out there and although they might be > referred to as nylon, I’m not sure if they are as there are so many > polyesters and similar derivatives. I have a good supply of Gudebrod rod > wrapping threads and that is what I use on all my graphite and fibreglass > rods. It is stronger than silk, comes in a variety of colours, does an > acceptable job and not as expensive as real silk. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver > BC Canada > > > On May 13, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Jack Harford <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 1. Could someone expound on the pluses and minuses of using Silk or Nylon > thread for wrapping guides on fly rods? > > 2. What type and size of silk thread do you feel looks nice? > > 3. I don't like the look of the No Color Preserver Nylon threads or > really using color preserver at all. Am I just being eccentric or are > there others in this camp too? > > Tight lines, > Jack > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
