Belding Corticelli silk size A various colors 53 100 yd spools

[Rich Morrison]

For rod wrapping or fly tying…
Offered are 53 spools of NOS Belding Corticelli silk size A on 100 yd spools. All spools are full/new.
All colors available are pictured. The color numbers are theirs, the color descriptions are mine.
$7.00 a spool shipped.
Please PM or email rich@classicpowellrod.com with interest. Most forms of payment accepted.


Colors and number of spools available…
#3113 antique gold - All Sold
#3150 light orange - 5 spools
#3155 tangerine - 4 spools
#2150 light rose - All Sold
#2260 fuchsia - 6 spools
#4867 rose - 5 spools
#2254 bright pink - 6 spools
#5120 dusky light brown - 2 spools
#5285 dark brown - 4 spools
#6145 lightish blue - 4 spools
#6270 dark navy blue - 4 spools
#6225 marine blue - 3 spools
#6248 navy blue - 1 spool

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Rich, I remember that silk thread.

You have a lots of good colors there.

Was it used for sewing, fly tying and/or rod building?

I thought it was used for the bodies of classic soft hackle patterns.




https://quescren.concordia.ca/en/res...nd%20insignias.


https://www2.northwestmuseum.org/mus...n%20History%5D.




Years ago Nymo thread was popular in size A for tying medium and larger flies for steelhead, and saltwater.

It was also used by some for rod building.

[Rich Morrison]

The raw silk was imported from China and Japan and spun and dyed here in the US. Belding-Corticelli was a merger between two textile companies that occurred in 1920. They had mills in CT, MI (Belding of course), Montreal, and Petaluma. Belding Corticelli stopped making silk in 1930 I believe. Size A silk thread was used by almost every bamboo rod maker in the US at that time. Including EC Powell. Many Belding Corticelli colors are sought after by rod makers and restorers because it’s almost impossible to match the colors with modern silk thread. I’m not an expert on the history of fly tying and so I don’t know how important it is to have this thread. I know it’s often crucial for rods. I am not sure what colors are needed for which makers rods (except of course EC Powell). This is also sought after thread for current cane rod builders as it’s of great quality and has not been made since 1930?

[RoosterHunter]

I'm still using Nymo thread today. I like the white, black, red colors. I buy the thread by the cones (6,000 yds) and then spool them on to the Nor-bobbins. the most popular color back in my early days of tying steel head and salmon flies was the 0444 (red). I still have a lot of those wooden spools the thread use to come on.
It became unpopular when the disco days started up. The thread had no stretch, so when they would use it on the polyester material it would rip the seams. I can't remember how many boxes and boxes I bought from a fabric shop when they changed over. Had to be at least 150 boxes. It cost me 25 cents a spool back then.
Nowadays, they still sell it in a lot of different colors and sizes, like A, B C.