PowerPro and black magic marker.

[CR]

I'm using PowerPro 10/2. I've heard that you can use a black magic
marker to color the last few feet of line to make it "invisible". To
me it doesn't look invisible, it looks like black line in the water.
Is this a "fish eyesight" thing? Do they not see black that well or
ignore it? What about green? Would that work better? I fish in very
clear water so I'm always concerned about visibility.

Chuck.

[Chuck Coger]

The story I heard on this was that you should color segments of the last
couple of feet. Say 6 inches colored--6 inches not colored--6 inches colored
etc..etc... Supposedly from what I was told it's only purpose is to break up
the lines outline.. Triple Fish's line also uses this concept. Personally I
have used Triple Fish and never could tell a difference between it and other
lines as far as the amount of fish I caught. I have not tried the marker
approach so I am not sure if it works or not.

---
Chuck Coger
http://www.fishin-pro.com


"CR" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm using PowerPro 10/2. I've heard that you can use a black magic
> marker to color the last few feet of line to make it "invisible". To
> me it doesn't look invisible, it looks like black line in the water.
> Is this a "fish eyesight" thing? Do they not see black that well or
> ignore it? What about green? Would that work better? I fish in very
> clear water so I'm always concerned about visibility.
>
> Chuck.
>

[go-bassn]

Sounds to me like you might try fleurocarbon instead.

Warren

"CR" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm using PowerPro 10/2. I've heard that you can use a black magic
> marker to color the last few feet of line to make it "invisible". To
> me it doesn't look invisible, it looks like black line in the water.
> Is this a "fish eyesight" thing? Do they not see black that well or
> ignore it? What about green? Would that work better? I fish in very
> clear water so I'm always concerned about visibility.
>
> Chuck.

[RichZ]

Not INVISIBLE, just less visible. Less visible enough that in conjunction
with the very fine diameter, it becomes a non-issue.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

[Illinois Fisherman]

When using markers to color your line think of it as underwater camouflage.
You want to break up the pattern of the single line color.



"CR" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm using PowerPro 10/2. I've heard that you can use a black magic
> marker to color the last few feet of line to make it "invisible". To
> me it doesn't look invisible, it looks like black line in the water.
> Is this a "fish eyesight" thing? Do they not see black that well or
> ignore it? What about green? Would that work better? I fish in very
> clear water so I'm always concerned about visibility.
>
> Chuck.

[CR]

RichZ > wrote in message >...
> Not INVISIBLE, just less visible. Less visible enough that in conjunction
> with the very fine diameter, it becomes a non-issue.

I was using powerpro 20/6 and switched to trilene XL 8# blue. It
seemed like the trilene was more visible than the powerpro. I found
that once you get used to no stretch its real hard to go back, so I
switched again to powerpro 10/2. I was afraid the 10/2 might be hard
to handle but it actually seems to be easier to handle than the 20/6.
I think I'm finally happy with my line situation.

Thanks!

Chuck.