charging glow jigs

[genzbug]

what does everyone use to charge there glow jigs with and were did you get them, thanks

[PerchJerker]

I use a UV flashlight. UV light is the best to glow your glow jigs with, it has something to do with the wavelength or light spectrum or some techy detail like that .....

I bought some UV flashlights on-line, if you look around they are not very expensive, pretty sure mine were all less than $10 each and they work GREAT!

[BIGRED07]

camera flash, best thing ever

[Mike Stark]

lurh jensen's power flash is great for making lures glow. it works better than anything else i have used.

[DLD24]

I just use one of them lights that go on your keychain....I just attach it to my bibs so I always have it right there

[hunt3r]

i just use a flashlight but like perchjerker said a uv light will make anything that is glow in the dark glow the best

[MN Mike]

+3 on the camera flash's, that's what we mostly use.

lurh jensen's power flash is great for making lures glow. it works better than anything else i have used.

[JSK76]

LED on cell phone

[cableguy2]

Camera Flash........Boom quick and easy

[Vallejo]

Lure Lightning

[Vitreus]

What works better, camera flash or uv?

[PerchJerker]

What works better, camera flash or uv?

[pushbutton]

This will be my third year using this from Northland. Checked it a few weeks ago and still going strong. Well worth the 6/7 bucks? I paid for it. Easily and just sits in the tackle box. That power flash looks pretty sweet though.

[buzbunni]

Lure Lightning

Great product.

[dan z]

Pill bottle with the bottom cut out andstrap it to a pole in the house top side down with the lid on throw your jig in and blast it with a sure fire 6p for 20 seconds and blammo glow baby glow. Take the lid off after and they fall in your hand.

[Whoaru99]

I'd imagine a dedicated UV source is likely top dog but that article doesn't seem to include any info about a xenon camera flash.

I use a flash, it works good. One or two flashes and the lures are lit up very well.

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

UV works the best by far. I have a small UV flashlight I carry for fishing in the portable, and I installed 3 small UV lights in the new wheel house.

[TruthWalleyes]

I use that there red thing attached to my marcum. Step on it with my foot as i dangle the jig next to the light. Works great.

Lure Lightning.

[maj330]

The glowing paint (these days) is made from Strontium Aluminate. Strontium Aluminate will phosphoresce when excited by radiation with a wavelength between ~ 200 and 450 nanometers. Once excited it emits at a wavelength of about 520 nanometers. Mix it with pigments and you get all sorts of pretty fishy colors if you provide the right energy source. Long wavelength UV sources emit directly in that spectrum so most of their energy goes into charging the paint. There are many UV flashlights available. Combo units that have both 365 nm and 400 nm bulbs are readily available. You may already own one if you check for AC system leaks with UV dyes. Camera flashes work as glow paint chargers because they typically use Xenon gas arc lamps. Xenon gas lamps emit light over a very wide spectrum, from about 200 - 800 nanometers at a pretty uniform intensity. Sunlight is also an effective charger but it is sometimes difficult to come by when the fish are biting.

[Vitreus]

What is the name of the UV flashlight? Where do you get them? How much do they cost?

[bobbymalone]

What is the name of the UV flashlight? Where do you get them? How much do they cost?

Chinese generic, around 5 bucks on that big online auction site.

or Chinese generic, around 10 bucks, at the right auto parts store - mechanics use them to spot leaks with a fluorescent dye.

[BartmanMN]

UV or Blacklight flashlight. You can order online or pick them up at a hardware store like Ace.

[Ishikawa]

UV lights are cheaper from online websites. If you're looking at picking up one right away, I got mine last year from a local Ace hardware store after checking their inventory online and making a call to confirm it was in stock. Was $20 I believe.

[tsande00]

Lure Lightning is a fantastic UV source.

[crix]

lure lightning