Glow In The Dark Thread

[Weedy1]

Anyone ever use glow in the dark thread / yarn for any patterns and if so was it beneficial to use it?

[flyangler]

Anyone ever use glow in the dark thread / yarn for any patterns and if so was it beneficial to use it?

 

 

I tied a special Halloween fly for a friend and neglected to mention the glow in the dark nail polish I'd used on it. I guess his wife tried to swat it at about midnight one night. Understandable, given the 3 inch wingspan.

[Guest tallieho]

never used the thread but on a whim i tried those glow in the dark beads on my chironomid patterns,probably an increase in catch by 50%.i'll have to try the thread,maybe for a rib on flies.

[Weedy1]

Glow in the dark beads? Thanks for the tip, never tried them.

 

Fabricland has the thread in various colors except red, which of course I wanted.

 

Michaels has white glow in the dark yarn which I would like to dye but I'm thinking it may not glow afterwards.

 

Where did you get the beads?

[flyangler]

JSYK, Weedy, I've been told that regardless of the color of the thread, it all glows the same greenish yellow. Still, it may be worth a try for deeper holes and lakes, even in daylight.

[Weedy1]

Yes that makes sense Flyangler. I would have to assume the thread has a phosphorous coating which would produce the greenish yellow color. That's probably why the yarn only comes in a white color. Thanks, you saved me wasting some time looking for the stuff.

[lonefisher]

I believe there is also some that will glow a flouresent orangey red colour...... there is a product called gibbs glow yarn and imho it doesn't glow at all......... other products may be better but I have not used any.....