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    Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 10:41am
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I haven't been tying for a few months, haven't been well. It's also been years since I have had to buy my thread retail... but being away means I now do....

Last night I started to tie and realised I was out of my favorite shade of Danville's pre-wax 6/0 i went online to get some

Of all the online retailers I tried only one had it in stock and I won;t deal with him because he's a deviant.

Everyone has uni-thread... the world's worst tying thread in my opinion.... when and why did people start preffering complete ****e over usefull?
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buy cheap sell high, That is the way the world turns...eg: made in china 
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Doesn't look or sound like China:  http://www.uniproducts.com/eng/entreprise.asp


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Nah, it's been done through ignorance... Many tiers have been sold on uni thread having a higher breaking strain but being a "uni-thread" it doesn;t lie flat as opposed to the Daville's which does... the end result is one contributes three times the bulk for less strength in construction, but most tiers are not taught.
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I take it back... www.akaufishing.co.nz had it in stock for a very good price.
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Sadly, they couldn;t deliver either... bloody disappointing.
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I'm sure there will be someone on here that lives in Wellington that might be able to help you. Try a post in the Briny Bar.
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They've sorted it... all good.
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Just checked my threads - it's all Danville 70 denier or TMC 16/0 for the fiddly stuff (it's a surprisingly strong and usable thread).
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I use the 210 denier as my saltwater thread...

TMC Thread I haven;t even seen... where do you source that Jack?

Bennechi had a beautiful 16/0 super strong mutli fibre thread... might be the same stuff. after my initial spool i couldn;t get any more.
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Think I got it through a staff order while working at Hamills in Wgtn. It's a very good thread. My preferred thread for anything above a size 12. I've got some 210 and use it for streamers or hot spots. I know Andrew uses Danville 210 as his main streamer thread. 
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