I enjoy tying my own flies and jigs and was wondering how many use UV material in tying. I use a soft UV material I Picked up at a show and have had some success with it. Been thinking of purchasing maribou in UV for my jigs.
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I enjoy tying my own flies and jigs and was wondering how many use UV material in tying. I use a soft UV material I Picked up at a show and have had some success with it. Been thinking of purchasing maribou in UV for my jigs.
I been thinking about that too. Were can you get the material from?
What ever retailers sells Sprit River's stuff with UV, but others also have some. Just have to look at places like JS Flysifhing and Bob Marriott's as both should have some.
Well I know that Cabela's carries UV material and Spirit River has the material as stated above. Fish see Uv colorfully better than regular color which has been proven.
The real deal is fish see UV and we do not! Plus it makes a color visible at a much greater distance in The water.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldcoot
I use Florescent materials like marabou, chenille, thread, and UV powder coatings . I guess that makes the jig UV .... I think????
Well at least eh head is, but also don't knock Florescent colors just because they are not UV, but they sill make a difference over just a regular color. They stand out way more too!Quote:
Originally Posted by liftbite56
Great information. Thanks
SOME fish see UV. Some fish can't. Some fish can't see at all.
There's nothing specifically on whether crappie can see it or not as far as I'm aware. Most of the research I've heard of on fish vision in regards to ultraviolet light has been done on trout and bass.
I picked up a package of Spirit River UV2 three-tone zonkers because I liked the length and fullness of the hair and it wasn't that much more expensive than the non-UV three-tone zonkers Hareline sells. Still, it's twice as much as single-color zonker strip packs so I doubt I'll be buying a lot.
Have to wait until spring to test it out.
I believe you are correct most info out there is targeted to Bass and trout, but so e older articles and such which I can't find on the internet any longer did talk about some other fish. However that said I have to believe crappie and bass eyes would both have similar abilities since both are predictors and live in the same water and such. It all has to do with how many rods and cones each have in their eyes as that determines what each sees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoemoo
also should add that my personal belief that yes UV maks color visible so much farther away that I believe it soon doesn't matter as fish are not going to chase so ething 30 feet away. So I also know that Florescent colors are more visible that regular colors so for me I Believe that is as good as UV for practice purposes. To be clear, I think both Florescent and UV colors will be seen farther away that just regular colors and of course if the fish don't see it then it would make it hard to get bit unless we are talking about a completely different fish, like a catfish which smell is more I portant thing they use.