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Isn't red one of the first colors to disapear under water?





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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, AJH wrote:
Isn't red one of the first colors to disapear under water?

That's what they say ... but why then we use red lures ?
Any ideas?

Nikolay wrote in message ss.edu...
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, AJH wrote:
Isn't red one of the first colors to disapear under water?

That's what they say ... but why then we use red lures ?
Any ideas?

Maybe that's why red hooks work?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, CR wrote:

Maybe that's why red hooks work?

I think the official theory about red hooks was that they work because
they make the bait look like it's bleeding ...

Also I think I kind of mixed the two threads in my previous post - the
one about red line that "dissapears" and this one. Sorry about that.

And also I think I should use the spell check more often.

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Nikolay wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, CR wrote:

Maybe that's why red hooks work?

I think the official theory about red hooks was that they work because
they make the bait look like it's bleeding ...

Also I think I kind of mixed the two threads in my previous post - the
one about red line that "dissapears" and this one. Sorry about that.

Disappears, well disappears as in turns black, but that is all dependent on
water color and depth. I believe in gin clear water you can still see red
at 10ft. I can't remember specifics, but I will look them up and try to add
more to this post. Other colors such as orange and chartreuse will be
visible deeper.

Chris
"AJH" wrote in message
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Isn't red one of the first colors to disapear under water?





I fish therefore I lie

Good point Chris. That explains why red lures work. I guess it may be
different with the line if it is translucent-red ... or maybe not. Maybe
it just turns black as well. OK, back to RichZ's Black Magic Marker on my
braids :-)

And BTW, aren't we getting carried away? Fly fishermen use Bright Orange
Line (pretty thick too), Braided Leaders, flies with the Hook being the
most visible part of them, and still catch fish (incl. Bass) in gin-clear
shallow water! It seems to me fish doesn't see the things exactly the way
we do (how else would you explain them hitting spinnerbaits?).
Unfortunately, we'll never know for sure until they (the fish) start
speaking to us. Until then - use the thing you feel confident with and
have fun.

Cheers,
Nikolay

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Chris Rennert wrote:

Disappears, well disappears as in turns black, but that is all dependent on
water color and depth. I believe in gin clear water you can still see red
at 10ft. I can't remember specifics, but I will look them up and try to add
more to this post. Other colors such as orange and chartreuse will be
visible deeper.

Chris
"AJH" wrote in message
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Isn't red one of the first colors to disapear under water?





I fish therefore I lie

I like clear crankbaits with a little blue in "gin" clear
water..fluorescent line doesn't seem to matter.





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