Show Color Cr Query One of the most devastating arguments in favor of fishes' fishes ability to recognize colors came out of tests conducted by the scientists Kottgen and nd In all e eyes human eyes human I fish and other animal the animal the only ident identified substance which permits J color perception is a chemical I known as by comparative comparative I tive tests of from human and fish eyes these scientists found that each had virtually the same qualities The fishing tackle business has reacted to the color argument with enthusiasm Anglers can buy lures in practically any color of the spectrum for the purpose of attracting attracting attracting at at- fish A whole lot less attention attention attention at at- has been paid to another important color angle however the however the use of ot color in lines to hide their presence in the water Many fly dry fishermen will use only light colors in their lines They believe that since a fish normally sees a fly dry line as it lies lles on top of the water water silhouetted silhouetted against the sky sky light light colors are less noticeable noticeable no no- and thus less likely to spook the quarry casting Bait-casting lines are of course a different story They have no float float- ing qualities and they are much more finely calibrated than fly lines Therefore the possibility of their casting a shadow in the water is considerably lessened les ened However the color of a casting bait-casting line may very well be of far greater Importance importance importance tance than that of a fly line This is because a sunken line bait comes directly directly directly di di- into a fishs fish's view By far tar the most commonly used color in lines bait-lines is at present black There is no apparent explanation explanation tion for this black is certainly not a shade calculated to blend in with all types of water Nor is it a shade which fish cant can't see If It bass for example were totally oblivious to black there would be small point indeed to fishing for them with black plugs which plugs which actually are notable bass killers under some con con- A AAA A A |