Flourescent fly lines

[geebee]

hi guys,

I don't usually buy em or use em, but i got an unused sharkskin #3 with a Orvis Reel i got on Ebay.

do you think they really spook fish ? - and is there anyway to fade them without damaging the fly line ?

as its a 3wt i won't be making long casts, but i'm thinking how it may or may not spook trout nymphing on spring creeks.

cheers.

Mark

 

[BrookieChaser]

I don't think the color of the fly line matters to the fish.

 

[Bosshog]

I nymph with a flourescent yellow line. Still catch fish at Valley.

 

[gfen]

They'll see it as a silhouette in most cases, anyways.

But if you really need to darken it, people have done so with Rit dye.

 

[sandfly]

just do not heat it much when dying or you will ruin it.

 

[geebee]

hmm i didn't think about dying it. that sounds risky....

thanks bosshog.

 

[afishinado]

If you cast over and flop either a fluorescent or an earth toned colored fly line over a fish.....the result will be the same. Vicey versy, if the fly line remains out of the fishes sight.....the result will be the same.

 

[krayfish]

+1 to Tom's post.....aka line color only matters to you.

 

[gulfgreyhound]

I disagree. Fish aren't colorblind and I think bright colors spook fish. GG

 

[gfen]

All shadows are black.

 

[kbobb]

it seems that when fish look up they would see blue sky, gray/white clouds, bright sun or green trees. has anyone been in a stream and looked up at a flyline? I wonder if you can see the color or if it is just dark against the background?

Also I think if bright colors spooked fish they would not eat green weenies, bright orange/purple streamers or any of the really bright bass flies like chartreuse clousers.

 

[JVenezia]

I have fished fluorescent yellow since I purchased my first rod and haven't noticed any spooking because of it..... Just my casting like throwing a hammer does it for me.

 

[kpitts32]

rit changed the formula in 2011. You can no longer dye fly lines with rit.