Braid Color

[OkobojiEagle]

Quite a few white braided lines showing up in the market, does anybody believe the visibility claims or do you believe it's simply easier for the line companies to not deal with coloring the braid? For mostly clear freshwater fishing top to bottom of the water column... which would you believe to be less visible to game fish white, green or grey?

oe

[Wayne P.]

I use yellow superlines so I can see them.

All the superlines are white, they just get a coat of coloring which fades over time.

The superline material won't absord coloring agents.

The fish don't care what the line color is, fishermen do.

[dodgeguy]

i think white braids are highly visible.the nice thing is you can color them any color you like.

[baluga]

I match my braid with my under wear..

But seriousely, if the Alabama rig with five 6" steel wire attached to the swimbaits can catch fish. I'm sure the fish would not mine biting on single white or green braid. Besides you can always use a FC leader if you want some invisibility on the line to increase your confidence.

[LgMouthGambler]

I use Spiderwire, and it starts out green. No problem, a simple black marker, and I color about 6 ft of the line before the lure. No problem.

[SirSnookalot]

I don't think fish care about line color and I certainly don't. I generally buy basic green, I did buy yellow braid only because I thought it looked good on the reel.

I think Baluga may be right about the confidence using FC leaders. I have tried it on a countless number of species and the strike ratio is about the same with or without the use of FC. I don't think fish give a hoot one way or the other, the most finicky species don't seem to care about anything except the bait itself.

[A-Rob]

I fish mainly grass on my lakes. I feel pretty strong that if you are in thick grass green braid goes virtually undetected.

If I'm swimming something over top of the grass I go Flouro.

If I'm pitching to isolated pads in a whole in the weeds, the jig coming thru the pads tends to get a reaction bite and I have no problem with braid still.

Anyways, I just use green. Similar to camo I break it up with a black magic marker. I don't cover the last 3 feet, I dash it maybe 6" long every 8" of line (so it goes green/black/green). I like how it breaks it up as if there are shadows. Just like camo.

[OkobojiEagle]

Much dancing, not much answering. Do you believe the line manufactures' claims that white braid is nearly invisible under the water's surface? Which line color, white, green or grey do you believe is the least visible to fresh water game fish?

oe

[baluga]

Much dancing, not much answering. Do you believe the line manufactures' claims that white braid is nearly invisible under the water's surface? Which line color, white, green or grey do you believe is the least visible to fresh water game fish?

oe

Just because you did not see what you wanted to see does not mean we did not give a good advice. The response you get are from folks who have been using braid for quite sometime and give you answer based on experience and not hear say. If you are really concern on what fish can see then get yourself this book…

It's a good book for picking up lure colors depending on depht and condition of water which you can also apply to your line.

[OkobojiEagle]

Mr. Baluga... was I to know the color of your underwear?

I'm interested to know if freshwater fishermen BELIEVE the company claims that white line is nearly invisible under water (Dodgeguy does not). I also am interested in which of the three common line colors freshwater fishermen BELIEVE to be least visible to game fish.

Thank you for your book suggestion.

oe

[A-Rob]

...ok bud

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Mr. Baluga... was I to know the color of your underwear?

I'm interested to know if freshwater fishermen BELIEVE the company claims that white line is nearly invisible under water (Dodgeguy does not). I also am interested in which of the three common line colors freshwater fishermen BELIEVE to be least visible to game fish.

Thank you for your book suggestion.

oe

Personally I BELIEVE that water clarity affects visibility of the line. So thusly I BELIEVE there claims may be true under certain conditions.

I also BELIEVE that I dont use the 3 common line colors. Since I usually color my line purple. (I like the color purple, reminds me of Grimace and Barney)

[Team9nine]

I believe by and large it doesn't matter - fish can see them all. Under any given background, lighting, habitat, surface pres. vs. bottom pres., water color, etc., a given color line could be more or less visible to a fish, so I don't think the advertising/marketing claims are absolutes. Similar to what Wayne P. stated, I've thrown white, yellow, flame green, grey, green and red at one time or another on my local waters, all direct tied, and never seen a discernable difference. It probably matters some time and on some waters, but it's also probably not as often as people think.

[Wayne P.]

The most visible line color that fishermen use is black. That is the color that some add to their superlines and fish it with confidence. What that shows is line color makes no difference to the fish.

No opaque line is invistible-white or other wise. A white line in green background such as weeds is going to be very visible. A white line against a white background like white sand will be less noticeable because it blends in with the background. Green line in a green background will be less noticeable, but the green does not disappear. That "marketing" of some magical invisibility of Red lines has suckered many fishermen. The fact is that red is one of the first colors to be filtered by depth of water, BUT the line does not disappear, it just doesn't appear red at depth.

Fluorocarbon monofilament lines are the only lines the may appear invisible in water due it its density that is the closest to water of any lines, but they still transmit light somewhat like fiber optic threads.

Bottom line is NO I don't believe the marketing claim of that line color, white line is NOT invisible or nearly invisible. Use it if you want to, the fish don't care.

One of the top colors for bed fishing plastics is white because it contrasts against the lake bottom colors the best. White tubes, white lizzards, etc.