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Curious what colors of Pearsall's Gossamer Thread would be a good start for tying fishing wets. Perhaps Primrose Yellow, Orange and ?

Silver Doctor wrote:Curious what colors of Pearsall's Gossamer Thread would be a good start for tying fishing wets. Perhaps Primrose Yellow, Orange and ?

Purple, green, claret. At least they're colors I use the most.

I use the brown a lot too, well waxed for black spiders.

Ron Eagle Elk wrote:I use the brown a lot too, well waxed for black spiders.

How did I forget that one?

Jasper and Gray are two good ones. Jim Slattery had put together a basic package of silk that is very helpful. www.jimsflyco.com.

I also like Jasper, and I use classic chestnut a lot. http://greatfeathers.com/ has the full range of colors.

Ron Eagle Elk wrote:I use the brown a lot too, well waxed for black spiders.

Ron I really like well-waxed Jasper for Stewart's black spiders. Have you tried it?

My "starting" threads:

• Gold (Light Orange 6a)
• Olive Green
• Light Olive
• Antique Gold
• Primrose
• Chestnut

At a minimum I would say gold, olive green and primrose as starting colours. I would add hot orange and scarlet next.

Liam,

No I haven't tried the Jasper for Black Spiders. Something new to play with.

It's a cool color- it also looks great on a march brown.