Ken, I use YLI brand silk thread or Pearsall's gossamer silk thread for translucnet wraps. Both brands work well. It's a little harder wrapping fine silk thread on an unsanded blank but nothing that anyone who has wrapped a rod or two before can't do. Tedious and time consuming for sure but the look of silk wraps, done right, is quite beautiful imo.

I've been wanting to build out a Steffen s 2/3 wt blank for myself for awhile. I imagine it would be a great rod for the Maine Brook trout that I spend so much time fishing for. The 3/4 wt Steffen blanks that I've built out were absolutely fantastic casting rods, no doubt his 2/3 wt blanks would be just as nice.