Nail polish colors?

[ceviche]

From another thread, the topic came up on using nail polish to finish off thread heads. The question I have is about polish color. How many people out there use colored polish? I've started using this midnight forerst stuff with tiny metal flakes in it. I haven't had the opportunity to fish the flies I've tied with that polish, so I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. Anyone out there with more experience on this?

[sashjo]

I have more nail polish than my wife. Mostly use the SH clear hard as nails on heads. But, I use black, yellow, orange, green. I just nabbed a whole bottle of silver that was only used to hide a cosmetic scratch on the handle of the dish washer. Some are expensive but also check out the dollar store. Works great for making eyes.

[Les Johnson]

Years ago we used to purchase wood bobbers from Herters and then paint them, first with a flat white coat and then with one of the colors Herters sold. A friend, Randy Hieronymus decided that he could save a little money by lifting a few bottle of his wife's nail polish. As it turned out he came up with a killer color that accounted for several winter steelhead from the Green River. It was Revlon "Frosted Champagne Taffy". To my knowledge he didn't try it on a fly.
Good Fishing,
Les Johnson

[Randy Diefert]

I paint all of the eyes on my weighted flies with Red nail polish to identify them. That is the ones that don't incorporate a beadhead.

[Hal Eckert]

Sinful Colors for about 4 years now, on streamer bodies sometimes fly heads etc, Its even on sale on Walgreens site below. :thumb: :)

:beer1:

BG

http://www.walgreens.com/store/productlist.jsp?CATID=100339&selectedBrand=443