If you can find it.....buy it.  Gudebrod discontinued it last year.  I got that spool 2 years ago.

dark brown wrap it is...
 
that was my original plan in the first place...
 
thanks

skip,

I normally use a little bit of cooking oil to check the color of wraps. You have to be careful that you don't get it all over the place and that you clean it up well, but it gives a depth of color that you don't get by wetting the wraps with water or solvent.

Also, on these dark green blanks (I assume that's a rainshadow) there are some other thread choices too. Black works just fine if you like the understated look. My 6'6" 2 wt is green with black wraps and black guides. The green that Scott posted is the most common. You can use dark green or medium green to the same effect. Olive green looks good too and is a slightly different shade. The browns aren't my favorite on the green blanks, but some people like them. I don't use color preserver at all really, so I try to have matching shades. A slightly different option is gudebrod gold with no color preerver. It goes to a brown/olive color when wet. Finally, garnet looks good to some people. It goes to a very dark maroon on a dark green blank.

Of course those are the Gudebrod colors. Angler's Workshop has a great selection of silk thread with some other color options that I really like. Granger green is a very olive kinda color that looks great on green or brown blanks. Antique gold is a yellow/orange color that goes well on brown blanks to make an olive/brown look with no CP. I think that is what I just used on my brown 6 wt (the label has fallen off the spool). They also have some unique purple shades and red shades that go great on grey blanks.

Thanks
Rick

Ohh ohh!

Pick webdings!!!!!!

Good choice, I also like the bottom one.
 
 
In for the final pictures.

A few guys had PM'd me about the finished product....  My Camera puked the bed before I got the rod done...
 
  I delivered the Rod to its new owner yesterday ........  So Bill can ya post a pic when you get a chance
 
Thanks
Skip

10-4 Skip...working on that right now...I did a photo shoot last night....
 
I'll email you the pix if you can post them for me please....I cant get on photobucket here...

Here is a picture of the completed rod...
 
 
Bill was kind enough a couple of years ago to give me some Wood Duck feathers for fly tying so I thought I would incorporate a couple of feather inlays into the rod....
 
 
I hope you enjoy your rod for many years Bill
 
 
 

Snazzy looking rod. Nice job.
Steelhead are going to be lining up just to take a look at it.
 

nice !!!