Color Blind?

[Md]

Is anyone else around here color blind? What a pain in the rear! I have to leave most plastics with reds, greens, or browns in the original bag/box so I know the difference.

[IDbasser]

I have 2 brother-in-laws who are color blind.  That must make things a bit more difficult when it comes to fishing.

[daviscw]

The building contractor for our house was. Talk about a PITA.

[ptomacbass]

One of my friends is color blind.

[fishfordollars]

Yep, to shades of red and green. Didn't know it until I went for my military induction physical.

[Jimzee]

The wife tells me I am all the time. So what if I want to wear a blue and black sock with my khakis for dinner.

[atx_newbie]

I am.  Can hardly drive at night because there isn't enough contrast between streetlights and traffic lights.

Even during the day it is tough.  When coming to a traffic light, I generally have to base my decision to stop or go based on what the other cars are doing.  I can't tell you how many times I have realized in the middle of an intersection that I just ran a red light.

[IDbasser]

I am. Can hardly drive at night because there isn't enough contrast between streetlights and traffic lights.

Even during the day it is tough. When coming to a traffic light, I generally have to base my decision to stop or go based on what the other cars are doing. I can't tell you how many times I have realized in the middle of an intersection that I just ran a red light.

That can be quite dangerous.

[burleytog]

I am. Can hardly drive at night because there isn't enough contrast between streetlights and traffic lights.

Even during the day it is tough. When coming to a traffic light, I generally have to base my decision to stop or go based on what the other cars are doing. I can't tell you how many times I have realized in the middle of an intersection that I just ran a red light.

Just remember that green is on the bottom and red is on top.

[atx_newbie]

I am. Can hardly drive at night because there isn't enough contrast between streetlights and traffic lights.

Even during the day it is tough. When coming to a traffic light, I generally have to base my decision to stop or go based on what the other cars are doing. I can't tell you how many times I have realized in the middle of an intersection that I just ran a red light.

Just remember that green is on the bottom and red is on top.

Yeah, that's actually why the yellow light was put between the two, and not on an end.  The problem there is that some states, Texas for one, have the lights sideways.  Also at night, it's pretty hard to see which position the light is in.  I'm just glad that I don't really have to drive anymore.  Big city mass transit is nice.

[fathom]

there is a town in central ms. where the green light is on top and the red is on bottom.

and, yes, it is a backwards town.

[DEISWERTH]

Is anyone else around here color blind? What a pain in the rear! I have to leave most plastics with reds, greens, or browns in the original bag/box so I know the difference.

Right there with you, I have to do the same thing also. Don't hardly ever pick my own cloths out anymore either, just let the wife, then I don't have to hear her tell me to go back upstairs and change :-[

[SMSRTC]

I'm also color blind, mainly with shades of red and very dark colors.  I'll mainly have problems with traffic lights late at night when they switch them so they blink amber on two sides and red on the other two sides.  I'm never sure if I'm approaching the stop sides or the caution sides.  

The real bummer is that color blindness kept me out of most career fields that might have taught me a useful trade in the military.  Apparently they are really picky about being able to hook up wires to the correct points.

[Sam]

Being color blind is no big deal when you go fishing.

Lures have their color combinations written on the packages.

So, take a black Sharpie and write the colors on the packages to make sure you can see them, easily. You may have to move the baits into other packages, like worms in storage bags where you can write in the area on the storage bag what the colors are.  

I like the quart freezer bags, myself, when I don't want to take 300 pounds of plastics on the boat.

Set up your tackle box with the lure colors written on a piece of paper in each compartment or on top of the tackle box.

I do this with my jig sizes.  I actually write 1/4/ 3/8, 1 ounce, etc. and Scotch Tape small pieces of paper on the tackle box lid so I can find what I want when I open the lid.

Organization is the key for your tackle for everyone. Being color blind means you take it one step further and write the color combinations so you can find what you are seeking.  

[Muddy]

My fishing partner is color blind. He has a great method. He stores all his baits in the original packages. When he puts a bait on he just asks"Hey Dominick what color is this?" :

[Md]

I'm also color blind, mainly with shades of red and very dark colors. I'll mainly have problems with traffic lights late at night when they switch them so they blink amber on two sides and red on the other two sides. I'm never sure if I'm approaching the stop sides or the caution sides.

The real bummer is that color blindness kept me out of most career fields that might have taught me a useful trade in the military. Apparently they are really picky about being able to hook up wires to the correct points.

I know where you guys are coming from. The first time I drove into Wildwood NJ for a vacation and realized the traffic lights are sideways, I came to a complete stop at a green light. Then I figured out which end the green was on (left?) and I was good to go for the rest of the week. I also have been unhired from a job in which I was hired pending a physical because I am colorblind. In fact, that it when it was first confirmed medically for me. It really doesn't come into play ALL of the time when fishing because of all of the steps that I take to defeat it, which have become routine over the years. It becomes a MAJOR factor at other times, especially when fishing alone. One example is when I'm trying to "match the hatch". For example, if I see a crawfish in the water or catch a goby, bluegill, or baitfish I can't just look in my box to see I have anything with the same colors that resembles it. And if I don't have anything like it, I can't go to the store and get one because I have no clue what colors to look for. It leads to experimenting which costs me time. Most of the time it just causes me to stick to the basics, which is not always a bad thing. Sometimes I just feel I'm missing out on something...a fishing tool that others have. All in all, I'm just happy to be healthy and at least have eyesight as many people aren't as lucky as all of us around here!

[zbass]

I think Aaron Martens is color blind also. my hat is off to color blind fisherman. I think it would be a challange and it has been very interesting to say the lewast reading how you guys deal with it.

[atx_newbie]

To me, the hardest part of fishing color blind is not identifying lure colors.  It's complicated, but I can generally tell what color something is when I'm looking at it.  Its only when colors are next to each other, they tend to blend, so it's hard to see individual colors.

For instance, when I'm fishing a texas rig or other finesse presentation where I have to watch the line for a sign of a strike, that's tough.  It's hard to see most fishing lines, though I found a bright blue flourocarbon line that is easily visible when wearing polarized glasses.

Muddy, your partner's system is the same way I pick out my clothes.  My girlfriend picks them out  ;D  Haha and my parents ask me why I always move in with all of my girlfriends.  It's so I don't leave the house looking like a circus clown!

[Bankbeater]

My Dad is, he can't tell reds or greens.

My wife says I am. She says she is a dark blonde, but I swear she's a brunette .