Topic: Red hot spots
ducksterman
Member posted 09 July 2006 05:42 PM
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Here's a quote from another thread and I believe it's felt to be true...
"Red is the first color that disappears underwater, blue is the last."

Why then do we like to use a red "hot spot" on flies....or a red color to suggest gills??????

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flymaker2
Member posted 09 July 2006 05:50 PM
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I think Red turns Black or dark a few feet down. So as long as it presents a contrast to the rest of the fly it seems to work...
Just a guess.

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dixieangler
Member posted 09 July 2006 06:13 PM
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Just guessing but I would assume the reason may be that most fish are caught on the fly rod in shallower water on floating lines . According to a color chart below, red goes dead at just around 4 feet, purple is last. I've heard before somewhere that flyrodders own the first 4 feet of the water column.
Color Chart (scroll down page): [url=http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/ft_feature_041.shtml:5ef71]http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/ft_feature_041.shtml[/url:5ef71]


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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 09 July 2006).]