This thread has me thinking of thread (OK it didn't start out as a joke), but I pulled out my own tying supplies and it really is amazing what one accumulates. I have benecchi, Danville, Gudebrod, Orvis, Uni and Ultra (UTC) as brands. Just took delivery of 8 spools of GSP this week to play wth.

The article in the Chris Helms catalog was a good short piece and the article that was referenced earlier in the thread on the Fly Fisherman web site, I have in my favorites. If I was a new guy, just starting out, I would see what was available locally. This would allow me to go to my local shop and buy a couple of spools that match everything else that I have. Then you won't end up with 6 different brands and your range of threads won't overlap so much or be so redundant.

For me I would probably select Waspi UTC product. If I tied smaller patterns I would start with 70 and 140. If I fished a little larger patterns maybe 140 and 210. I would keep it much simpler than my current condition.