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Product Details

Gossamer Silk Thread
by: Pearsall
SKU: TW-140050-0000

Product Overview:

Tie and wrap with the best! Pearsall silk is made with long fiber raw Chinese silk, a traditional thread that is used by both fly tyers and rod makers. In fly–tying applications, it offers better translucency, iridescence and color when wet. Jasper color is variegated black and orange, but the orange looks like camel brown. 126 denier, 45 meter spool.

Other Details:
A current Pearsall color chart is shown below.

Starting at: $3.95

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Danville - Waxed 6/0 Flymaster Thread

Customer Reviews

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Avg. Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars

Number Of Reviews: 11


8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
	For a Little Extra Money... 12/31/2009
Reviewer: Wes Mendenhall (wes8215@aol.com) from Flowery Branch, GA US
For a little extra money, you get the best thread for soft hackles and for rod building...it gives an excellent translucent look when wet...If your into tying Soft Hackles give this stuff a try.
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223 of 448 people found the following review helpful:
	A thread with a story: Pearsall's Gossamer Silk 00/00/0000
Reviewer: Sorin Comsa (sorincomsa@yahoo.ca) from Aurora, Ontario CA
I've read about the Gossamer silk a lot on the web and went to a couple of stores in Toronto to buy it. -Nah, we don't have it! -Too expensive; people don't pay that much for a thread. I couldn't even place a special order for it. So I gave up. BIG MISTAKE! In 2006 during a competition, one of the competitors won a session after catching over 20 fish. I kind of knew what fly and two sessions later using a similar fly I had lots of fish to "come, take a look, and leave in a hurry" but only got 1 (ONE) fish with it, then used different flies and got my share for the session. After the competition I went on bugging him for details. He let me boil in my own juice and after a while he told me the most important detail: he used Gossamer silk for the body. IT IS TRANSLUCENT, as opposed to regular thread which is not. So you might want to get at least a few colors in your kit. Being a competition angler I got them all. Tight Lines!
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227 of 419 people found the following review helpful:
	A must for wet flies, soft hackles, spiders and fl 00/00/0000
Reviewer: A viewer from Fairfield, CT US
Silk has been used to tie flies since at least the fifteenth century in the UK and Spain, and Pearsall's Gossamer silk has been the favorite (at least in anglophone countries) since the company was founded in 1795. Pearsall's Gossamer Silk is not used for dry flies (at least not in this age) as it absorbs water. It is as necessary as partridge, hen and hare's fur to tie soft-hackled flies, wet flies, spiders and flymphs (Google those words to find out more, or get "Wet Flies" by Dave Hughes or any of the books by Sylvester Nemes.) They're simple flies predating modern, more realistic (and deeper-fished) nymphs. They were invented to imitate emergers, drowned insects and spinners. A warning: silk is more fragile than modern fly tying thread, it's a bit more expensive (but JS's prices are fantastic,) it's thicker... and it's addictive! Why should you get some spools? Sorin Comsa's review explains it well: translucency is the key. And you'll feel connected with history (and you'll like the simplicity and effectiveness of the flies.) The translucency issue is complex, but important. For example Leisenring, an American fly fishing pioneer, studied the way silk's colors "came through" the fur dubbing to make the flies look more alive, more complex. On the other hand, most soft hackled wet flies and spiders have a slim body that consists solely of silk. So splurge, and at the very least get green, lemon yellow and orange. Other less used but good colors are red, purple, light olive, primrose yellow and gray.
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126 of 252 people found the following review helpful:
	Awesome 00/00/0000
Reviewer: A viewer from Free Union, VA US
Silk is a great alternative to nylon thread for rod building, it becomes translucent with the finish and looks amazing. My favorite is white silk which becomes clear with the finish and looks great on a fly rod.
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112 of 232 people found the following review helpful:
	Great Thread 00/00/0000
Reviewer: Alex Hayes (live2fish@users.starnetwireless.net) from Midland, MI US
This is awesome for soft hackles! no floss just thread and a hackle! This stuff is top quality. Pretty fine but very strong! Looks great when wet also!
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