color of parachute posts

I have had problems seeing dry flies in the late afternoon-early evening on western streams and the WB of the Penobscot in Maine. I want some suggestions as to poly yarn colors for parachute posts. I’ve tried a bright orange and it didn’t seem successful?

Randall Sale
Kytroutbum

Try pink. Your friends will accuse you of fishing with "barbie"flies but so what.

fishbum

I find pink the easiest color to see most of the time, except into the sunset, and then I see black the best.

If you can find it, Fluorescent White, and it will stand out like a sore thumb under most lighting conditions. Second to that, Neon Green or Yellow will work well.

Have you ever tried UV boosted Scale Flash? it is a winging material and can be used as a Parachute post and gives a good sight guide.

When I get home I will post a few pics with alternatives to poly yarn

I also vote for Fluorescent (hot) pink. I have some PWO (pink winged olives) for evening use and they have worked for me when it was just light enough on the river to barely see, but too dark to walk back to camp without a flashlight - to find my buddies moaning about no fish for them. They are also good on some very overcast days when the air and water both seem silver in colour.

I fish alot of parachute patterns and tie them w/ poly yarn posts.
I’ve tried alot of different colors, white, black,yellow, orange, flo green, etc.
I think everyone’s eyesight (good or bad) is a little different. I like white but once it gets into any choppy water, I loose sight of it real quick. I have found I personally can track the flo orange better than the rest, hence almost all my parachute patterns are tied w/ the flo orange post.

Several years ago, out in New York, a good friend of mine (Ron K.) really startled me when he opened one of his fly boxes. All ‘para’s’ with ‘posts’ and row after row of bright (fluorescent?) yellow, pink, green, and red. They sure were bright and with that variety he always had one he could see.

chartruese and pink work well and also try red.

Maybe I should be more specific. I concerned about times of late afternoon “glare??”. I am wearing polariods but still need a better solution for a post. I faintly remember some folks on the West Branch of the Penoscot in Maine, using a different color post for their flies, just can’t remember. I’m not concerned about fish attracting colors, just ability to follow fly to mend etc.

Randall Sale
Kytroutbum

Fluorescent White

and in very low light conditions, apricot.
for indicators, if you must have one then apricot also.

Kind regards,
UB

Ah, glare! There was an article or thread a few years ago discussing this problem and the solution was to use a post of two distinct colours - you might say a bi-visible post. One suggestion was to make the post out of golden pheasant tippet. Another was to make a post with two chunks of antron - like black and orange. Then when the fly floated through dark water the coloured post showed, and when the fly floated through glare, the black portion of the post showed.

Fiery orange and red work best for me in most conditions. I call them HiViz-Klinkies.
In conditions with back-light, so when I look into the sunlight I tend to use black wing-posts. Surprisingly visible.
Cheers, Hans