My client will use one of the new Pfluger low profile casting reels on the custom rod I am building for him. They are a silver body with a very rich gold plate on the handle and drag star. I mocked up some handles and provided examples of some thread wraps for him to choose from.

I will be using a dark purple thread with gold metalic trim wraps. My test wraps were Gudebrod HT 9000 A size trim. That is a very straight gold. The gold on the reel is very deep, rich, dark gold with perhaps a tint of red/copper. Goldenrod looks close on the website pix.

Can anyone suggest which dark rich gold metallic would best match these particular Pfluger reels?????

Thanks,

i have a hard time visualizing color matches unless i can hold the two up together. go and check out some sulky metalic thread. they have a couple of golds. there are two types. one is kind of a gold ribbon. that won't work. the other is a thin gold thread like A nylon. thiner and easier to work with than gudbrod. you can find it in some large fabric stores. there is a large line of sulky threads. the metalics i am talking about come on a roll that is
about 2 1/2 inches long and only maybe half an inch in diameter. kind of an odd size.

Anytime that I'm using gold, it seems like 9004 Ole Gold is a better match. Seems to be a deeper, richer, darker gold. I hardly ever use 9000 anymore.

I am looking at a 2006 Mudhole catalog and they show 5 different shades gold in A Gudebrod HT metallic. I have also used gold Sulky metallic and like the color selection. As Larry ststed the Sulky is slightly smaller than A, but I also think it is easier to work with than HT. You can scope out the colors of Sulky at any well stocked sewing store - JoAnns etc.
Gudebrod 9396 copper HT may also match up.

Rog

You may also wish to check the gold variations offered by FishHawk which is smaller than HT but very good quality

There's a new color on the way that might be what you're after. #9631 Bright Copper. We just put the newest color chart up at []



Mark Griffin
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C&M Custom Tackle
San Dimas, California

I use many spools of gold metallic a year and for trim only [no strength] the J Metallic color Government Gold sold by Mud Hole is by far the best. You get a 1,000 yd. spool for eleven bucks, that is hard to beat. It is oil free so you don't need CP. Jesse

Something else to try....the Sulky is a bit smaller diameter as already stated, try using two strands of metallic colors instead of one. Gold and silver together look like a "champagne" ( that one came from Batson's Enterprise's Bill Batson) The copper and gold together are very subtle.

Thanks everyone. Went down to JoAnns to see what's in stock. Sadly, nothing in the store looked right. The closest thing I could find was in the Kreinik brand. Marked "very fine (#4) braid, 202ML" No color name given. It is not twisted, but braided. I will try a trim wrap this weekend and see what it looks like and report.