Anyway – back to my original post

RM – “When do you use them and how effective are they over no glow jigs.” Night time mostly or in deep water.

AF and RD – thnx really appreciate the compliments

The jigs I do are not rocket science or some kind of Voodoo magic. The heads are painted with standard Pro-Tec phosphorus powder paint. Used the fluff and stuff technique on the roundheads and the tube jigs are powder painted with 4 different colors using the brush technique.

The eyes are 3 D 2 mm glow in the dark - special order from ebay. Phosphorus thread (4 colors) and the glow wig were bought of ebay also. The final element is Flashabou glow flash accent – I get mine from CAT.

Years back started mixing phosphorus powder with fingernail polish to paint jigs but mostly to do eyes. Something about the powder would suck up all the VOCs out of the FP and dry it up. No big deal - just add acetone or FP remover and mix up what you are going to use. Powder painting is so much easier - application and clean up. You can even take the phosphorus powder paint and add it to FP if you want to paint the jigs.

Haven't messed with Pro-Tec's high visibility glow stuff much. School of thought, out here, is that the subtle glow illicit more strikes than the "brighter shine for ever" colors. Got some 12 hour glow powder but can’t see fishing with the same jig for 12 hours.

Does glow in the dark jigs catch more fish? Probably not – just another gimmick to play with........

Chenille (got from JJ1) bodies. The Flashabou glow accent is from CAT – best stuff out there.

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