I have been using Pearsalls silk for quite a long time now and love wrapping with it. Here lately, I have been in the middle of wrapping on 3 different rods and right in the middle of a significant wrap, here is splice where they have spliced 2 ends together....very annoying. To the point that I am considering looking at alternative sources for silk thread. One would think that with the market presence that Pearsall's has in both rod building and in fly tying, they would refrain from splices in spools to yield a higher customer satisfaction level......