Primrose v Light Cahill thread

[Spider]

Want to tie up plenty of flies ( nymphs and dries ) as displayed in recent months in FF+FT , by Jeremy Lucas. They look the biz and both his CDC dries and stripped herl nymphs scored for me last season.

Just a question - i dont have any primrose thread ( although i may have some Pearsalls somewhere in the deep recesses??) , but I do have light cahill.

Are they much the same thing, or as close as would make no difference ??

[andrewtemple]

Try it and see how you get on when on the water, you'll pull a fair few fish in when using flies tied with Lt.Cahill. Especially up here in Scotland.

[craigie]

Light cahil is good but I prefer yellow 8/0 uni or primrose 14/0 sheer
for under my quills especially the yellow uni it shows through the quills better,
craig

[Spider]

Originally Posted by craigie

Light cahil is good but I prefer yellow 8/0 uni or primrose 14/0 sheer
for under my quills especially the yellow uni it shows through the quills better,
craig

Presume thats for the nymphs Craigie? Or both ? I have yellow 8/0 Uni in the fly tying stanley toolbox....

I must remember to split the tails on the dries, although i see that John Tyzacks versio just uses a bunch of coq de leon tails ?

[wobbly face]

Light Cahill is pretty good, takes cobblers wax well for Greenwells.
Primrose, Yellow 4 or Langley Threads 1088 Antique Yellow.

[FunkyFlyTying]

Primrose Sheer is the most popular coloured thread i sell after Black on my site.
The light tan Wisp is very popular as well.

As suggested tie up a few flies with what you have and see if you like the results.
If you do job done if not then pick up a few spools of thread in other colours.

T

[GuyFromLaw]

Originally Posted by wobbly face

Light Cahill is pretty good, takes cobblers wax well for Greenwells.
Primrose, Yellow 4 or Langley Threads 1088 Antique Yellow.

I use Cahill with cobblers for Greenwells, and Lt Cahill clean for Lt Olive patterns.