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Hey Fly Tiers,

I just read some interesting (and slightly depressing) research on trout vision. Trout see a wider region of the light spectrum, which includes ultraviolet (UV) light. So that olive dubbing I recently used on a blue winged olive I tied will likely have entirely different UV reflective properties than the fly. There is a good article on this here. Does anyone here tie UV-correct flies?

Vince

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UV materials work.  I noticed more takes on my soft hackles with UV colored dubbing has a thorax.  Hareline products has a material called UV Ice Dub that I use for often.  Some of the Simi Seal dubbings that I use for leeches are blended with UV dubbing.  One of my friends noticed more takes on Tarpon flies tied with UV flash than the same flies tied without UV flash.

AB

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