Northwest Fishing Magazine May 2025 Volume 4 Issue 7 - Flipbook - Page 32
carry their own light to
depth. No intense scientific
discussion is needed here
either. Glows emit light
when the light source
that charges them is
removed. On the other
hand, fluorescent materials
appear brighter in light, but
do not glow when that light
is removed.
Most glows on the market
and peddled to fisherman
are of very poor quality.
Their glow simply does not
last even long enough to
make it to depth, let alone
work for you at depth.
All Fish With Gary™ glows
are of the highest quality
and are termed extended
glows for good reason.
The natural glow beads
in particular will glow for
hours on a simple charge of
sunlight for a few minutes.
Stimulation of glows by
using a black light is not
very efficient, and the
resulting glow does not
last as long as sunlight
stimulation.
Glows clearly take on
more importance when
the level of light is less in
the water column. As you
descend below light in
the water column in later
season, glows make visible
what would otherwise
be invisible. And if the
surrounding water is pitch
black, the glow of light
most certainly is the kind of
dramatic contrast that will
get your setup noticed.
THE IDEAL PRESENTATION
The ideal presentation in
achieving vital contrast is
one that makes generous
use of fluorescent materials
and glows, arranged
in such a way to be in
contrast with each other
and in contrast with the
surrounding water. And
this is exactly what is
incorporated into the entire
Fish With Gary™ Tackle line.
While the dodger blade
attracts far field (long
distance), the beads, and
the spinner(s) on the
leading wire are near field
(short distance) attractors.
Here is what is going on
with the beads and spinner
in front of the dodger.
Because the beads and
spinner(s) are being moved
about by the dodger, they
are creating short field
sound. The spinner(s) do
not consistently spin as
you would expect. Instead,
their movement in the
water makes the spinner(s)
come in contact with the
glass beads. Metal versus
glass produces a sound. In
this case the two produce
an irregular sound that
alternates with some
spinning, and some "taptap" of the metal on the
glass. There is nothing in
nature that this imitates,
and this sequence of
short field sound is itself
a contrast to the natural
water environment. Add
to this is the natural
movement of the glass
beads working against
themselves as this setup is
whipped through the water.
And all of this is going on
while your dodger is still
producing far field sound,
attracting other kokanee
to your setup. A gathering
of kokanee is more likely
to result in a strike than a
single kokanee.
