The glow in the dark foam i ordered came in the mail today & just HAD to try it out… So… I tied some elk hair cadis & some hoppagresses with some of it… Turned out ok i guess… Now fer the question… Where can ya buy glow in the dark round leggs or rubber legg material for fly tying ?
I’ve been thinking this stuff:
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/item/TW-030520-0000/61000/Wapsi--UTC-Glow-Tinsel.html
And this stuff is good for legs…rubbery. And there is Glo in the Dark in it
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/item/TW-030230-0000/search/UNI-Products-UNI-Flexx.html
Please check your own state’s fishing regs before using glo in the dark flies. I am not sure they are legal in all states.
If it is that dark, I should be taking a nap!
Really, I have never heard or even thought about that. Any example as to states.
We have Walleye, that Glow in the Dark anything is a must, nothing like the Great Lakes though.
Can’t you buy some glow in the dark stuff and dip the leg tips in it?
the bass pro sells a glow in the dark paint but will come off of rubber legs… its ok for plastic bass lures or popper bodies but not good fer legs… i have some glow in the dark threads and tensil but aint got no uniflex thats glow in the dark… fixina order a couple of spools though…
$1.75 plus shipping
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=66000&item=TW-030230-GIDW
Not sure, I seem to recall reading it in regulations booklets somewhere in my travels, however. Better to check than not, tho, wouldn’t you think?
BTW, a lot of those luminescent products don’t work so well in cold water. The glow fades much faster than at room temp. I have used the glow Palsa strike indicators, and they pretty much don’t work at all at 0 dark 30 in the morning on the Juan in the winter.
Interesting…I wonder why?
I tried to make a firefly fly once, perhaps you should try it, but replace the yellow foam with the glow foam? The legs on them don’t glow so don’t worry about that. 
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/Panfisha/firefly2.jpg
On my wish list is glow-in-the-dark flashibou.
Have seen some very nice wrapped nymph bodies done w/ it.
Can’t find a diameter and it looks like it might be a bit too thick for rubber legs, but it might have possibilities. One of the places I found it said it was stretchy, not sure how similar to sili legs it would be but it might be worth a try? Google Glow String and you can find it at a couple places.
I’ve thought about doing a black beetle with black legs and wrapping the glow in the dark flashabou as an underbody.
found some legs that glow on wapsi…
heres the catalogue page… http://www.wapsifly.com/pdfindex.html
and heres the legs… http://www.wapsifly.com/pdffiles/wap/page%2048.pdf midddle collumn near the bottom
the lightnin bug using a glowing foam butt is a good idear…
what do you use fer the body & wings ?
Makes great nymph bodies; rib them for effect and durability. I saw some very nice examples on Roughfisher’s web site. Do a search and check out his patterns section.