White Rod Invisible To Fish?

[Felix77]

A friend of mine bought the Duckett and Veritas rods on two separate purchases.  He said he is slowly converting to white rods because the fish can't see it.  When the fish looks up it sees the sky, clouds or the waves which all have white tones to them.  As opposed to a black rod which shows up as a big contrast in the sky.

 

IMO it doesn't matter what color the rod is.  All of them will contrast against the sun exactly the same and look black.

 

Who's right?

 

What's your take on this idea?

[J Francho]

It's a VERY silly notion.

[PABASS]

If a bass is looking up at me holding my rod that means the bass is on my line already, sounds like your friend is having some fun..  With that said I do wear earth tone colors when I fish especially clear waters..

[0119]

Fly fishermen had to have black anodized reels, they said the silver ones were detected by the fish.  So white rods would be more detectable than black ones, with that logic.  Id say a fish is most likely to see my "majestic" sized physique before he noticed the stick in my hand.

[Felix77]

Fly fishermen had to have black anodized reels, they said the silver ones were detected by the fish.  So white rods would be more detectable than black ones, with that logic.  Id say a fish is most likely to see my "majestic" sized physique before he noticed the stick in my hand.

 

... Exactly!   LOL

[Felix77]

If a bass is looking up at me holding my rod that means the bass is on my line already, sounds like your friend is having some fun..  With that said I do wear earth tone colors when I fish especially clear waters..

 

He was dead serious!  I tried convincing him otherwise but I guess it all boils down to confidence.

[webertime]

Shiny white surface, no glare reflecting into the water for bass to see there...  Especially standing on the red/gold/green/blue/white/silver flaked boat hull.

[Felix77]

Decided to do some research on the Aby Veritas rod and found a quote which described why they chose white ...

 

"Abu Garcia did not pick the color white out of a hat. They looked at the history of rod colors and the two most common classic colors were black and white. And as mentioned earlier the name Veritas, truth, purity, and white all go together. BMW owners might appreciate this as the white isn't just any white. This is actually the same BMW car paint color called Alpine White III (color code 300). If you look at the overall rod and it's color scheme, it's very attractive compared to say the unnamed white rods with clear guide wraps. The black wraps on the guides on the Veritas along with the unique handle and graphics put on the blank all give it a nice appeal."

 

Veritas = Truth, purity = white color.  Nothing more ... nothing less.

 

So does this mean that fishing this rod = driving a white BMW???    

[SudburyBasser]

I used to drive a BMW and this sounds like just the dbag thing that a BMW owner who works for Abu would probably say.

[flyfisher]

Seems silly to me but hey whatever floats your boat. I mean you are standing in a boat that is huge and the fish are going to get scared because of a small sliver in the air that is black, green, white or whatever?

[PABASS]

Seems silly to me but hey whatever floats your boat. I mean you are standing in a boat that is huge and the fish are going to get scared because of a small sliver in the air that is black, green, white or whatever?

But that is why boat bottoms are white because the fish see them as a cloud, since fish know what clouds are, right.... lol

[flyfisher]

I have seen sky blue rods for inshore fishing under the same premise of blending in with the sky

[J Francho]

Mind blowing.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I think a fish would worry more about the 16-21ft aircraft carrier about to buzz its dorsal fin.

 

If you are close enough to a fish that the color of your rod is going to scare it away, you either got too close to begin with or you weren't going to catch that fish in the first place.

[00 mod]

I fish colored rods, because they look like the different airplanes flying through the sky.

 

Jeff

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I fish colored rods, because they look like the different airplanes flying through the sky.

 

Jeff

 

You sure your rainbow rods aren't for something else? LOL

[tomustang]

Whenever I hear/see reasons like this I think of Pink Floyd and Acid..

[B@ssCrzy]

I fish colored rods, because they look like the different airplanes flying through the sky.

 

Jeff

Hahaha..... That is quality stuff!!

 

To answer the question...If they are close enough to see my fishing rod they are close enough to see my fat gut.  I think the latter would be more frightening.

[Dave P]

Fly fishermen had to have black anodized reels, they said the silver ones were detected by the fish.  So white rods would be more detectable than black ones, with that logic.  Id say a fish is most likely to see my "majestic" sized physique before he noticed the stick in my hand.

 

While they (and by they, I mean me) throw neon green line with blaze orange backing. That's why they make mat black forceps and line clippers too. Might be an issue if you are fishing at close quarters in the smokies or somewhere like that. On a tailwater or lake, I really don't think that's an issue. It got me curious, so I looked. My flyrod blanks are black, maroon, green, blue, dark red and kind of a burnt orange. The reels are black, gunmetal and two silvers.

[Darren.]

Strikes me as humorous.

 

Colors may blend with the clouds, sky, but I don't think the fish see too many super thin, linear clouds that are 6'6" long that close to the water, moving in erratic motions.

 

Of course, the smart fish obviously see things differently...   

[Teal]

Thats the craziest thing i ever heard.

[flyfisher]

Now I will say that I like my veritas for river trips because they are much easier to see if you turtle your kayak and the rod decides to take a swim

[Darren.]

Now I will say that I like my veritas for river trips because they are much easier to see if you turtle your kayak and the rod decides to take a swim

 

That's probably the best reason right there!

[MarkH024]

It's a VERY silly notion.

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[00 mod]

You sure your rainbow rods aren't for something else? LOL

 

 

I thought you bought the last of my rainbow rods?  Said they were for you and your "friends"??

 

Jeff