Thanks to all of you for the great responses. What I have read here confirms
my original convictions. They a First, a little red on a lure can and
does entice strikes. Second, red line NEVER becomes invisible. In shallow
water, fish (especially bass) seldom care about line visibility. As depths
increase and/or become stained to muddy, the lack of light passing through
quickly filters out the colors in the infra-red spectrum, and thus red fades
to gray and becomes less visible.
--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
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"KurtB" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:15:14 GMT, "Bob Rickard"
wrote:

I must be really stupid, so will somebody please explain this to me:
small
diameter wire hooks draw strikes when colored red, while line of similar
diameter becomes invisible when colored red. My BS alert is screaming!
Is it possible that somebody might be funnin' us?


Based on the "research" on the cajun fishing web site, this would at
least make a little sense. They claim that the deeper you go, the
more the color red gets filtered out.

Top water baits = not very deep, still see red hooks (possibly wounded
bait fish?)

Drop Shot = Deeper water, harder to see line.

I cannot speak for if it works or not, as I do not fish red hooks or
red line.

Kurt