I am building the 7' 6" 4 wt Forecast blank and would like some recommendations for thread colors. This blank is sort of blue and green depending on the lighting.

Thanks!

i did one using gudebrod classic twist green-black with cp also used garnet no cp both looked good.
joe.

I've used garnet without cp on two of them. You might want to try Rice burgundy metallic, also looks good.

Hi Joe,
I'm building one now and am using Pac Bay # Y100A-EM. If you look at the blank in bright light, it has a turquoise tint to it. This thread is a dark greenish turquoise color especially if you use cp with it. I'm finishing it off with silver metalic trim rings and all chrome guides and reel seat. A little feather inlay and it will be lookin' good!

are you using the older forecast "blue" blanks or the latest forecast blue blank? the former is more of a blue-green or teal color. i wrapped one of the older blue-green/teal colored ones with gudebrod Blue Dun thread and without CP, it darkened to match perfectly if that's what you might be looking for. i included silver as trim wraps. looked nice. subdued.

one thing i experimented with last night was wrappping a pac bay rainforest green blank with a base layer of metallic green, a nice medium to bright shade, then over that wrapped Medium Green. without CP, and after finishing, the underlying metallic showed through a bit and the green of the metallic complimented nicely. since it was only a test wrap, LATE at night, i was a bit sloppy with the over wrap and the underlying metallic green showed through in the gaps. i had wrapped the underlayer nicely. i really liked it. you might want to try experimenting with something similar, but in blue tones.

eric
fresno, ca.

Garnet with teal trim wrap no CP - looks sharp

Hank
On The Rocks Fishing
Wells, ME.