Regarding the bobbin, didn't gudebrod have a long bobbin to fit the spools that they used? I usually just spin them onto a smaller bobbin with a bobbin spooler that I bought at walmart. I'll dig around and see if I have one and load a pic of the gudebrod bobbin.

Sorry, I just had the tying photos pop up on me. Thanks.

Silly question, if you use the D-Rib from Thorax to Bend, how do you tie it off? Or did you mean you tie in at bend and end up at Thorax? I can't tell by your photos.

Thanks.

Thank you all for the advice, I will try it to see what I got!

If a thread spool has no name on it, how can you tell if it is cotton or silk. My wife picked up a ton of spools from an estate but no labels are available.

Some are spun on sewing bobbins and some are not.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Yes I will!

Thank you all for the quick responses. I will give it a try this week once my schedule settles down. I'll post up some pics of the ties as well!

I purchased a bunch of Richardsons's silk thread last evening at an auction for $8.00. All of the thread is unused on Wooden spools. My question is this, is it as good as the other silk threads meantioned on this forum and many others. I tried doing some research and am not having any success. Any g...

I use my Yamame Tenkara Rod for this style of fishing, it has a great reach with the furled leader and short tippet.

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Here in Central PA we don't have trout that big, but I have caught a 24 inch brown on a bhpt.