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37. UV Reactive Plastics
In more recent times anglers have started to talk more about how lures react under UV light... even going as far as carrying a black light torch into tackle stores to shine on the lures to see how they react. The belief is that fish see UV light, while humans do not, so if a lure 'lights up' more under UV light, then it is more visible to the fish in the water. Anglers will often utilise UV reactive plastics in low light conditions and murky water, switching to non UV reactive plastics in clear, bright condition and especially in clear, shallow water.
Check out how the colour Motor Oil responds to a black light torch, for example. This colour surely has one of the most extreme reactions to UV light, turning from a transparent brown to a bright green when under the black light torch. This could possibly be the reason that it is one of the most popular colours in the ZMan range.
Other colours that respond well to UV light include Watermelon Red, Houdini, New Penny, Baby Bass, California Craw, Gugeon, all of the fluoro colours, including Electric Chicken, Chartreuse Glow, Pink Glow, Neon Pink and Chartruese Sparkle, as well as all of the glow colours, including Glow, Redbone Glow, Nuked Chicken Glow, Nuked Pilchard Glow and Coconut Ice Glow. So if UV is an important factor in your fishing, you have plenty of colours to choose from! Fish on!