[Slick56]

Had to pick up some 40# PP and all they had was red. Is there any advantages/disadvantages in using the color red? This is for my spinning rod n reel for surf fishing.
Also, I bought some snap swivels to change lures faster. Time is critical for me as i usually only have a certain window of opportunity to go fishing. Does anyone use these and if so does it have any effect on your hookups.

This post edited by Slick56 02:20 PM 05/15/2008

 

[sandybeach]

Couldn't read your question with that annoying for rent sign flashing in my face!

 

[Slick56]

What you dont like it? its an original

 

[NanbayFluker]

I base my decision to use a snap swivel or not on the size of the lures I would be using. If I were using plugs, then I most certainly would. The rent sign is annoying though.

 

[Slick56]

Is that better. You like my avatar now

 

[sandybeach]

Nothing wrong with red, just easier for you to see. If I were using plugs I'd just use a plain snap. The same for lures that twist but I'd connect the line to the floro leader with a small spro swivel. The less you have by the "face" of the lure the better the action. With big spoons a snap swivel is not a bad idea but it is still a good idea to connect your braid line to the leader with a barrel swivel. The knot tieing is quicker and less complicated than the special knots required to connect braid to mono.
Spend more time fishing and less on avators.

 

[Leprechaun]

I'm not wild about red line - frankly, I think its something of a marketing gimmick. This stuff about "red disapearing first underwater" is more than a bit of marketing-first thinking and a semi-clever twisting of the facts.

If you know anything about light and the attenuation of it as it decends in a water column, red will not "disapper" per se, what it will do is turn black - whether that proves beneficial for our purposes is very much still open to research and discussion.

So this being the case why not just use black line to begin with?

Me? I stick with brightly colored braided lines - like the amazingly bright yellow in which Stren does its Superbraid. even Sufix's new yellow braid is nice - though its not nearly as intense as the shade that Stren uses.

I will ONLY use yellow braid for fluking or bass casting. I find the following advantages:

1/ Its actually quite helpful in tracking your line's path during the cast and especially during the retrieve.

2/ The bright color will really stand out should your fishin' buddy's line become entangled with yours - making a "Dogfish Weave" MUCH easier to untangle.

3/ A "professional overrun" in a baitcasting reel is much easier to undo when the individual coils of line stand out in the sun - or at night by the light of your boat's lights - or your mouth-held mini-maglight. Yuchh, I hate that.

4/ Never have I noticed an iota of difference in the fish's willingness to bite between a typical dark green braid and a brightly colored one.

best, Lep

This post edited by Leprechaun 09:11 AM 05/16/2008

 

[6to8ftSeas]

I'm with lep, it doesn't matter...... I have red, green, and yellow braid on various pole. you're using a leader anyway. I find the red easiet to see on a sunny day though.

 

[Dizzy24]

I asked a fluke once which line he preferred. He said when he is hungry, it's chow time no matter what color your line is!

 

[Leprechaun]

Dizzy - I hope you didn't eat him - a talking fluke is a very rare catch.

If not, next time you see that fish would you please ask him why they bite their heads off one day, while a day later they'll let you bounce your lures off their heads and without so much as a nibble?



best, Lep

 

[Toutog]

a Talking Fluke?

Lep wrote:
If not, next time you see that fish would you please ask him why they bite their heads off one day, while a day later they'll let you bounce your lures off their heads and without so much as a nibble?

Hey Lep!

Here are a few possible answers to your question:

1. Ever hear the old adage, "Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me?"
2. You caught all the dumb fish the day before. As with most fish Fluke don't get old by being stupid enough to eat something with a hook in it.
3. Maybe they CAN see that BRIGHT YELLOW braided line?
4. Perhaps like you, they like a change in their diet from day to day. You don't eat Steak every night do you?
5. That stinky stuff that you put on your bait maybe burning their eyes and blinding them for a day or two!

Or maybe they are smarter then we give them credit for and they see that Blue over White Shammy coming?

Let's hope that Talking Fluke does shows up........Real Soon!

Happy Fluke Hunting!

Toutog

 

[Slick56]

Thank you guys for takin the time in ansewering my question. And I changed the annoying avatar, I didnt know it annoyed so many people
Oh and Sandybeach, I fished 3 times in the passed 2 days. Is that enough fishing

Thanks btw for the great input.

 

[bluefish69]

Slick

I asked the question last Fall and Bantam 1 from Shimano said he was diving next to the Red PP and it turned black or dark underwater. I was going to use it on off shore Sea Bass.

 

[Leprechaun]

See, I told ya so.

Lep