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Fluoro Brite

Part Numbers

Part No Color Barcode
sem-glo-bred Blood Red 886741036436
sem-glo-dor Dark Orange #5 886741036467
sem-glo-gld Golden Orange 886741054218
sem-glo-gr Green #13 886741036399
sem-glo-mp Mid Pink #1 886741054201
sem-glo-or Orange #7 886741036429
sem-glo-pg Pale Green #12 886741054249
sem-glo-porg Pale Orange #8 886741054225
sem-glo-pp Pale Pink #2 886741054256
sem-glo-r Red #4 886741036412
sem-glo-sul Sulphur 886741054232

SRP $2.31 sem-glo-teal Teal 886741036474
sem-glo-w White #16 886741036443
sem-glo-y Phosphor Yellow #11 886741036405

Specifications Description

• Specially formulated for fluorescence Since Joseph Keen's book - Fluorescent Flies (1964) and Thomas
• 120 Denier Clegg's book - The Truth About Fluorescents (1967) fly tyers have
been working with fluorescent materials. Today there are different
• Thread Aught (or /0 sizing) 6/0 fluorescent flosses available. However the manufacturing quality
• Recommended hook size guide #10 to 2/0 and of such materials can vary with some flosses coming in different
above. For smaller flies split Fluoro Brite to use sizes from the same manufacturer! This makes it difficult for fly
down to size 20! tyers. We decided to make a fluorescent thread with advantages
• Use as hot spot, fluorescent ribbing, body or that it could be used as a tying thread or as a floss, could be
hot spot tail untwisted with the bobbin and used as a floss. Fluoro Brite was
born to be different.
• For use as a floss simply untwist using your
bobbin holder to create a flat floss What is well known is that fluorescent materials do attract trout,
salmon and other species. We cannot see material effects except
under a UV torch where we see the glow. But with their visual rods
Hint and cones capable of seeing into the UV spectrum many fish
species see this like a light in the dark.
Use several strands as a tail, cut and tease the Fibers
with a dubbing brush. Because Fluoro Brite is twisted Fluorescent materials work well one hour before daylight and one
you will be left with a stunning, crinkled, fluorescent hour after nightfall. This is because even though we cannot see
tail which produces ‘sparkles’ like fireflies at the end them, UV rays from the sun are still being refracted through our
of the tail under a UV light. atmosphere and helping glow those hotspots!