Getting Started in Fly Tying: What fluorescent materials do for us

Many fly tying materials fluoresce, but often newcomers to fly tying do not appreciate what these materials do under the right lighting conditions. In this video we'll take a look at what they are and how they work.

[@joeduca8582]

Very understandable when explaining in terms of wavelengths and low light. Fluorescent orange clothing glows at dawn and dusk. Thanks Peter.

[@stevetrybalski3082]

Great topic and information. I found the topic to be very informative!!

[@chasecook3854]

The way I like to think about florescent light is that you're taking light that is not in the visibility spectrum, and converting it to the visible spectrum. So the black light looks dull and not bright normally because much of the light is not visible to us. But when it hits the florescent material, all that light we normally can't see is converted to a spectrum that we can see and that is why the material glows while other things hit by the light doesn't.

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

If your fluorescent hooks aren't catching fish, take em down to the local rave and sell em as jewelry for $50 a pop.