Thread: Red really first color to disappear ?

Now that’s a tote of slabs!

I’ve sat here and pondered the results your field test about color affecting the bite. And after only 2 or 3 hours, I’ve come to the conclusion that you are definitely fishing brush piles which are loaded with “color blind” crappie. lol

Colors do in fact lose their vibrancy as depth increases. Sunlight can only penetrate so far. If a diver were to go really deep, his bright red vest would eventually appear grayish. If he flipped on his flashlight, the vest would look bright red again.

Red is the first color to change, due to it’s wave length. UV is last to change and penetrates very deeply.

At the depths we typically fish this color transition does not occur. Case in point, I was snorkeling at the springs and released a bright red glass bead, brought along just for this purpose. I saw it sink the entire way down, 30+ feet, and could easily see it as it rested on the sandy bottom. Brilliant bright red. Sunlight was able to pierce the crystal clear water, and so I saw red.

Jacque Cousteau, once swam in that spring and declared the water to be the clearest on the planet. Our fishing spots are less than that, obviously. So sunlight is limited in how far it can penetrate, because of all the stuff floating in the water. So at 30 feet, depending on clarity, bright red might not look so bright.

UV light penetrates far deeper than visible light. Fish can see UV colors down to depths much deeper than we can see visible light colors. Many of our products have UV enhancers, whether the package says so or not. They put them in tons of things, like laundry detergent. Makes your white shirt appear to be brilliant bright white, when in fact it may be dingy dirty brown. Packaging colors scream at us. Fly tyers that use UV glues can shine their UV lights around the house and see all manner of things otherwise invisible. Most of the jigs I create shine light light bulbs when exposed to UV light sources.



So……in conclusion……yes placing that jig in the fish’s face may not require special colorization to get him to bite. Bear in mind not everyone is doing the Death Scope thing. Many others can surely benefit from switching about colors, because fish can be fickle. That and at times different colors show up better. Bright sunny day vs. cloud cover. So it isn’t that color either never matters or else is the all important matter. It depends on lots of other things, too. I will continue to switch colors because my experience has shown me, that with my technique, a switch in color can change my results. Chartreuse yellow being my favorite color.

Originally Posted by Micanopy

Colors do in fact lose their vibrancy as depth increases. Sunlight can only penetrate so far. If a diver were to go really deep, his bright red vest would eventually appear grayish. If he flipped on his flashlight, the vest would look bright red again.

Red is the first color to change, due to it’s wave length. UV is last to change and penetrates very deeply.

At the depths we typically fish this color transition does not occur. Case in point, I was snorkeling at the springs and released a bright red glass bead, brought along just for this purpose. I saw it sink the entire way down, 30+ feet, and could easily see it as it rested on the sandy bottom. Brilliant bright red. Sunlight was able to pierce the crystal clear water, and so I saw red.

Jacque Cousteau, once swam in that spring and declared the water to be the clearest on the planet. Our fishing spots are less than that, obviously. So sunlight is limited in how far it can penetrate, because of all the stuff floating in the water. So at 30 feet, depending on clarity, bright red might not look so bright.

UV light penetrates far deeper than visible light. Fish can see UV colors down to depths much deeper than we can see visible light colors. Many of our products have UV enhancers, whether the package says so or not. They put them in tons of things, like laundry detergent. Makes your white shirt appear to be brilliant bright white, when in fact it may be dingy dirty brown. Packaging colors scream at us. Fly tyers that use UV glues can shine their UV lights around the house and see all manner of things otherwise invisible. Most of the jigs I create shine light light bulbs when exposed to UV light sources.



So……in conclusion……yes placing that jig in the fish’s face may not require special colorization to get him to bite. Bear in mind not everyone is doing the Death Scope thing. Many others can surely benefit from switching about colors, because fish can be fickle. That and at times different colors show up better. Bright sunny day vs. cloud cover. So it isn’t that color either never matters or else is the all important matter. It depends on lots of other things, too. I will continue to switch colors because my experience has shown me, that with my technique, a switch in color can change my results. Chartreuse yellow being my favorite color.

I have used many different colors of hand tied jigs since using Takeums . For years only used 2 color tubes purple/chartreuse or orange/chartreuse in larger one. I just think they got to see it .

Originally Posted by NIMROD

I have used many different colors of hand tied jigs since using Takeums . For years only used 2 color tubes purple/chartreuse or orange/chartreuse in larger one. I just think they got to see it .

Great pick


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Confidence > color……meanwhile I’ll keep making manufacturers happy with my lack of it


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Whatever the case,,,that’s a fine load of tasty crappie,,,,

Good stuff here, thanks fellas