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    CreamPetals

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    #29724   2008-05-19 17:47 GMT      

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    #29725   2008-05-19 18:29 GMT      
    If you are fishing for bass on heavy cover the answer is no. Dark murky water fishing, also no. For most other types fishing, line color can make a big difference in the number of bites you are likely to get. Line diameter also can play a major factor in your success. Clear line works well in most all situations but it is hard to see for the angler. Hi-Vis line is made for line watching techniques where seeing your line move is the way strikes are indicated. Lo-Vis line, somewhere in between can be good for line watching techniques like fishing a soft plastic worm Texas rigged as an example.

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    #29726   2008-05-19 19:37 GMT      
    There are lots of opinions on this. All I know is that the color red is not supposed to be visible to fish in the first few feet of water. Hence red line for top lures and stuff. On the other hand it
    IS supposed to be visible further down hence, red hooks meant to imitate blood color. I really have no idea if there's any truth to this. Like I said, it's basically a matter of opinion.

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    #29727   2008-05-19 19:45 GMT      
    i think it does

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    #29728   2008-05-19 20:49 GMT      
    I think it dose. You think about it if you can see the line so can the fish and if you have a bait out there will it really look natural if a high visibility line is stretched out leading right to your bait? I go with clear or green to try to cut it down and stay away from the florescent and other bright colors.

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    #29729   2008-05-19 21:10 GMT      
    Exert-7 said it all. I just want to add that red line is a fraud. It doesn't disappear no matter how deep it goes down. It just becomes "black" since the color red is filtered out. You can try it yourself if you are willing to do some underwater experimenting.
    Tight lines!

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    #29730   2008-05-19 21:56 GMT      
    From a physics stand point water absorbs the red spectrum of light and reflects blue and green. So if you have line that absorbs blue and green light and reflects red (red colored line) the red color will be absorbed by the water making the line invisable.

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    #29731   2008-05-19 23:46 GMT      
    LuckyDagger actually has it backwards.

    Red line is VERY visible the first 10-15 FT. After 15 FT, it begins to fade but is still "visible" as a "shadow".

    Recently, I read an article on "red" line in In-fisherman Mag, where they did testing on Mono, "red" lines" and compared "diameter" & Flurocarbon's.

    They tested Mono, Fluro, Red Mono, & Braided lines.

    They criss-crossed various lines through a tank to see how many times the Bass would touch or run into each line. (Fish will almost NEVER purposely swim into obsticles)

    Fluro lines graded the best with many "hits".

    Green colored Mono lines graded 2nd best.

    Braided lines-3rd.(They were using the same "diameter" as the mono & Fluro. When they switched to 3/8 Berkley Fireline, THAT braid came in 2nd!)

    Red lines came in last.

    That info should tell you something!

    If you want "stealth", choose Fluro or low diameter Braid. (period)

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    #29732   2008-05-20 05:27 GMT      
    exert 7 had the best answer.

    But I had to weigh in as to this red myth.....Guys they make red lures. Of coarse they can see red lures.....maybe it looks diffrent to them..maybe it looks like a diffrent color ...but they see it.
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