What you are missing in the equation is that red does NOT become invisible.
Fish still see it quite well, however they do not see it red. Instead, it
becomes some unknown mysterious shade of gray or whatever. The concept of
red line is therefore seriously stupid, while the money made selling it due
to this confusion is very serious business. Our website at Secret Weapon
Lures is probably the most educational angling site ever, and is available
24/7 for free!

Bob Rickard
www.secretweaponlures.com

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"johnval1" wrote in message
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While I was in the reading room perusing the latest issue of BassMaster,
and having read every article 2 or 3 times, I noticed the Shakespeare ad
for Cajun Red line. The ad states the advantage with this line is its
invisibility, particularly after 3 feet of depth where the fish cannot see
the line. This is due to the water filtering out red on the lower end of
the light spectrum, rendering the line more or less invisible to fish.
OK, this makes sense to me, sort of.

I must have half a dozen crankbaits of various sizes in red, most of which
run a depths greater than 3 feet. I have caught good numbers of fish on
these red cranks. Now, how in the hell is this possible if the bait is
mostly or entirely invisible to the fish? I must be missing something in
this equation.