Spudly Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 only took that photo a few days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinfisher 4.9 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. The more expensive ones have a better texture/ feel that the squid will hang onto and and will last a lot longer. Buy a black light to illuminate your jig - it will increase your success. Edited December 1, 2015 by Twinfisher 4.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Buy a black light to illuminate your jig - it will increase your success. All that does is activate the light reactive parts of you jig, which can be done with any light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRod Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yozuri or yama is all you should look for Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinfisher 4.9 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hi PM79, Just to clarify, a Black Light is a UV-A Light which is more concentrated than from any other light source. Natural sunlight does radiate UV-A but not in intense amounts. A torch does not emit UV-A, The effect may not be great to our eyes but squid have much better eyesight than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) The point is that the phosphorescent materials in jigs do not require an ultraviolet light to function. Edited December 4, 2015 by PM79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinfisher 4.9 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 In your opinion which I shall respect. You can ignore science if you so choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I'm not ignoring science. Fluorescent components (cloth) will emit light while being exposed to ultraviolet light, and phosphorescent components (cloth, eyes, feathers, sinkers, tape) will emit light after being exposed to ultraviolet light. If you're shining an ultraviolet light on a jig before casting it out the only thing you're going to do is activate the phosphorescent components. You don't need an ultraviolet light to do this as fluorescents, incandescents and LEDs emit more than enough ultraviolet light to activate them. As for ultraviolet reflective components, such as Shimano's Keimura cloth, that's self-explanatory. Edited December 4, 2015 by PM79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 From experience I've noticed that a UV light or black light will make a jig glow much quicker than a normal LED torch will. A UV light will get a jig glowing in about 10 seconds as opposed to 30 - 60 seconds with a normal torch. More time fishing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy95 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I have fished a black magic (cheap ish) jig side by side with a yamashita egi oh q live and caught 1 squid on the black magic to 6 on the yama.. the colours were exactly the same, they looked identical. Also the cheaper ones go rusty and cloth torn much quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 When they are tentative you can feel them touching the jig only I have tried rubbing fresh prawn over the jig with no result but rubbing pillie over the jig got hookups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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