Fly tying thread

[Norm Frechette]

When you tie with one brand of thread long enough you get a feel for that thread

I use veevus 12/0 threads for most of the flies I tie but I have noticed lately it seems like it is much larger than 12/0, more like 6/0 or 8/0

It builds up faster than 12/0 thread should

Maybe the spools are mislabeled? I don't know

Do I stick with veevus but use 14/0 or 16/0?

Anybody else have that experience with the brand of thread you use?

Time to switch brands? Ultra-thread? Nano silk?

 

[Mike Cline]

If you buy enough thread, I do think you occasionally get mislabeled spools. From a quality control standpoint, once a spool of thread is spooled and labeled, its probably pretty tough to detect a mislabeled thread size. I use both Veevus (for the real small stuff) and UTC for everything else. I’ve had UTC 140 spools tie and break like 70 spools on a number of occasions.