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[ezgo]

Where do you buy your glow in the dark hackle and chenille.

[skiptomylu]

It's not glow in the dark hackle or chenille. It's just Fluorescent or UV color and when you use a black like it makes them glow so us humans can see it. Fish have better vision than we do. Example we can not see UV colors, but fish can so for us to see that UV is present we need a back light. The sun sends down UV all the time, but we can not see it. There are even some glue that will not cure until UV light is on it and this can be from a UV light or the sun.

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[ezgo]

Hey thanks for the info skip I did not know. Where do you order some of your materials like that. I was trying to think of a way to enhance my chart colors alittle more.

[skiptomylu]

Sending you a PM

[89ranger]

Are they good

[skiptomylu]

Are they good

I am not sure what your asking about.

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[Micropterus salmoides]

It's just fl. materials. You prob already have some and don't know.
If you fish rivers, you have some.

[skiptomylu]

MS is right and I feel sure most of you have at least some FL Materials. Just pick the color that have FL in front of them.

[unome]

Was thinking about buying some of the Pro-Tech UV Blast powder clear coat so i started doing some net research into all the UV hype and trends in fishing tackle. From all that i have read, the pictures of fishing tackle 'glowing' under black light are a gimic to catch fisherman - not fish. Ultraviolet light wavelength is outside of the color spectrum so it is IMPOSSIBLE for the human eye to see unless the pictures are taken with special UV filtering lenses. UV is reflected by the make-up of the material, not by the color at all, and true UV is only seen as black and white so it would be simply seen as a brighter object than normal if the sun was shining. Kind of like someone had a flashlight pointed directly at it. In fact, black lights can even show the opposite effect of UV light that is being absorbed rather than reflected!

There is very limited research as far as to even what species of fish have the UV filtering lens over their eyes... some do and some do not. Trout seem to have the most proflic research into their UV vision. There is also a popular trend now with painting waterfowl decoys with UV reflective paints because it has been proven that many species of birds can see UV light very well and their feathers actually reflect UV. In theory, if the decoys on the ground are lit up with UV reflection as any of their fellow fowl would be, they may be more likely to mingle. It all makes good sense, but it is hard to visualize without being able to see it for yourself and the photos taken under black lights are just not a true representation of what the fish and birds actually see.

All the information i obtained above was gleaned from different public websites on the internet, just want to pass along what i had found. If anyone else has any other sites or links to other information, i would love to read them.

Got to find where the fish are before you can ever convince them to bite anyway.

[Nightprowler]

Do a Google search for glow chenille and glow flashabou. Then ask Ronnie Capps about glow lures.
NightProwler

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/featu...glow-used.html