Jimi, I use the core out of a clothes line. It is a small rope made up of thousands of micro-filaments almost too fine to be seen with the naked eye, and they're not woven, which make it easy to separate out a strand. It's so fine it never bulks up even a #32. A 2-foot long piece of it will float away like a spider's web. I wrap one or two filaments of this on a midge bobbin, usually about 3' of it, and that's enough to do lots of flies. It makes Danville's Spider Silk (which I used to use a lot) look like rope.
For your purposes, in tying midges down to #28, I would suggest starting with 14/0, 16/0, or the Spider's Silk. Byard should be able to get you any of these. If you have any packages of braided bodly material, check the roped core, if there is one, to see if it is cotton or mono. If it is mono, the fibers may be useful as midge-thread. Also, some of these rope mono cores make good winging material. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:11 PM Subject: [VFB] Small Fly Thread? > OK, one more question. > If I try to tie a size 20 hook, in a few moments I have a very bulky > fly, due to the thread being to big. What kind/ size of thread is uses on > flies 20 to 28? > Jimi > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.13/47 - Release Date: 7/12/05 > >
