UV DohDohDohDoh...

[Piscineidiot]

I seem to remember hearing/reading something about fluroucarbon leader being completely UV resistant? If that's the case, that oughta mean that it reflects UV DohDohDohDoh, and many fish can SEE UV light, unlike people. So ultimately, a fluroucarbon leader might look like a white piece of string to them if what I'm saying is true...

Of course, I do admit it does work for some reason, as my fish catches have gone up since using it....

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Owen

[lure_muncher]

you have a good point there. :confused: Makes me wonder...what would happen if you left it out in the sun for a week?

[panger]

Just because material is UV resistant doesn't mean it reflects (more) light. Take glass for instance, it lets light through but doesn't get weakened by sunlight.

Reflection of light in transparent material happens when light moves from material in one density to another. The bigger the change in density the more the light will change angle and the more light DohDohDohDoh will end up being reflected (reflection happens when the angle change is enough to bend the light outside the surface of the material it is entering). The closer densitys involved (here water and fluro) the less angle change and less reflection. This is why fluro should theoretically less visible in water than mono, its density is closer to water so less reflection.

[Piscineidiot]

I think you mean refraction Panger, when light travels from one media into another of different density, and changes angle. That in itself wouldn't mean that fluroucarbon was actually UV proof. I've a feeling that in order to be 'proof' of any light energy, you have to either reflect it, the reason why green plastic looks green, or completely absorb it, which'd make it appear different from the surrounds. You might have a point about the density being almost identical to water though, maybe it's just got the same refractory index...

[Shortlite]

It means UV light doesn't degrade it's chemical composition. Since all light passes through the fluorocarbon better than through mono, I would think that there wouldn't be that mcu difference in any UV refracted/reflected/transmitted by the line.