It’s
definitely lumo (glow), MB. Normally impregnated in the belly area, but in some
cases the entire thing - usually the full lumo ones are a pale white coloured
lure with a slight bluey/greeny tinge compared to straight white.
I have a
Gulp Crazy Legs which is white on white and supposedly glows. I think the Pink
Shine colour has a glow belly, from memory.
Z Man do it
too - e.g. the belly part of the Nuked Pilchard, Coconut Ice, Redbone, and some full
‘glow’ bodies. I have a 9” Z Man grub which is all lumo.
If you use
a 'black light' torch in the dark on the bodies of ones labelled ‘glow’, you’ll see that
the particular part of the lure lights up and stays glowing (usually a pale
green) after you turn the torch off. Like using a lumo trout fly featuring Aurora
skirt or similar, the glow fades after maybe a minute or so.
Whereas a UV
impregnated body will light up bright but go back to black when the torch goes
off. From my understanding, UV lures react to light from the sun to a certain depth - but I've been confused by some writers saying UV impregnated lures are best in dull conditions, whereas I'd have thought they were best in full sun?
The theory with lumo is that lures impregnated or painted with it are more easily seen in poor light - absolute crack of
dawn, and last thing in the evening, or at depths below say 25m (like jigs
with lumo stripes, or glow sticks for puka etc).
I guess in normal light conditions and shallower depths it probably doesn't make a big difference, and most of the colours with 'lumo' are good ones anyway, but at depth or if it's half dark, it's probably helpful.
I think
technically lumo lures are ‘charged’ by the sun in daylight hours, or you could
use a UV torch on them before dropping into the depths to potentially make them
more effective.
I did a post during lockdown re my findings with the UV torch on
various lures. I found it a very interesting thing to do.
One of my best performing colours has been Gulp New Penny and that doesn't have UV or lumo properties, and Z Man Bruised Banana doesn't have much UV and no lumo and I've done well using it. But Atomic Sunrise, Motor Oil are highly UV reactive and are right up there on my favourites list.
https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/uv-or-not-uv-that-is-the-question_topic133176.html
The Tamure Kid wrote: It’s
definitely lumo (glow), MB. Normally impregnated in the belly area, but in some
cases the entire thing - usually the full lumo ones are a pale white coloured
lure with a slight bluey/greeny tinge compared to straight white. I have a
Gulp Crazy Legs which is white on white and supposedly glows. I think the Pink
Shine colour has a glow belly, from memory. Z Man do it
too - e.g. the belly part of the Nuked Pilchard, Coconut Ice, Redbone, and some full
‘glow’ bodies. I have a 9” Z Man grub which is all lumo. If you use
a 'black light' torch in the dark on the bodies of ones labelled ‘glow’, you’ll see that
the particular part of the lure lights up and stays glowing (usually a pale
green) after you turn the torch off. Like using a lumo trout fly featuring Aurora
skirt or similar, the glow fades after maybe a minute or so. Whereas a UV
impregnated body will light up bright but go back to black when the torch goes
off. From my understanding, UV lures react to light from the sun to a certain depth - but I've been confused by some writers saying UV impregnated lures are best in dull conditions, whereas I'd have thought they were best in full sun? The theory with lumo is that lures impregnated or painted with it are more easily seen in poor light - absolute crack of
dawn, and last thing in the evening, or at depths below say 25m (like jigs
with lumo stripes, or glow sticks for puka etc). I guess in normal light conditions and shallower depths it probably doesn't make a big difference, and most of the colours with 'lumo' are good ones anyway, but at depth or if it's half dark, it's probably helpful. I think
technically lumo lures are ‘charged’ by the sun in daylight hours, or you could
use a UV torch on them before dropping into the depths to potentially make them
more effective. I did a post during lockdown re my findings with the UV torch on
various lures. I found it a very interesting thing to do. One of my best performing colours has been Gulp New Penny and that doesn't have UV or lumo properties, and Z Man Bruised Banana doesn't have much UV and no lumo and I've done well using it. But Atomic Sunrise, Motor Oil are highly UV reactive and are right up there on my favourites list. https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/uv-or-not-uv-that-is-the-question_topic133176.html |
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