TMC thread

Hi all,

I was wondering if some of you have any experience with the TMC tyingthread?
For my swap-fly I needed thread that can be easily spliced. Normally I would
use the Marc Petitjean thread for this, but since a friend of mine gave me a
spool I thought to give the new TMC a chance. Up till now I have the
experience that this thread is extremely thin, therefor gives nice small
headif one likes and ties smoothly. Negative aspects are the fact that the
thinness makes splicing the seperate fibers rather difficult, the thread
brakes very easily (even the slightest touching of the hookpoint or
something sharp/rough on the fly makes it break, and also the fact that it
is about twice the the price of other brands (even considering the fact that
there's more thread on a spool than there is with other brands).
Anyone out there to share their experiences?

Greetings,

Hans van der Stroom

i'm not sure i understand what you mean by "splicing"??? if i break the
thread i just attach a hackle plier to the broken end and then i just
retie in the tying thread. clip off the tage ends and i can continue to
tie the rest of the fly.


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"flytire" wrote in message
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i'm not sure i understand what you mean by "splicing"??? if i break the
thread i just attach a hackle plier to the broken end and then i just
retie in the tying thread. clip off the tage ends and i can continue to
tie the rest of the fly.


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flytire
I think what Hans was intending was "splitting" the thread into separate
fibers, as some do for certain dubbing techniques......
Tom

On Jan 10, 12:54 am, "Hans van der Stroom"
wrote:
Hi all,

I was wondering if some of you have any experience with the TMC tyingthread?
For my swap-fly I needed thread that can be easily spliced. Normally I would
use the Marc Petitjean thread for this, but since a friend of mine gave me a
spool I thought to give the new TMC a chance. Up till now I have the
experience that this thread is extremely thin, therefor gives nice small
headif one likes and ties smoothly. Negative aspects are the fact that the
thinness makes splicing the seperate fibers rather difficult, the thread
brakes very easily (even the slightest touching of the hookpoint or
something sharp/rough on the fly makes it break, and also the fact that it
is about twice the the price of other brands (even considering the fact that
there's more thread on a spool than there is with other brands).
Anyone out there to share their experiences?

Greetings,

Hans van der Stroom


Hans,

Given the TMC's fragility, it seems to me the best way to use the TMC
for MP style flys
would be in a dubbing loop rather than splitting it. Still going to be
fragile though.

Steve

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flytire
I think what Hans was intending was "splitting" the thread into separate
fibers, as some do for certain dubbing techniques......
Tom

Thank Tom, that's what I ment.
Hans