Snood line and colours

[southaussie]

Just a simple question I'm buying some snood line for making beach traces for flatties, etc and was wondering on colour preferance, was using clear but i see lots of anglers using black and even red, any opinions welcome.

[saving private brian]

i honestly dont think it makes a difference justin,,,after all the fish done see the line,,,,,its just what ever they have or line,,,,that stren line is good and see lots of lads using the red line,,,me i use all clear but have used yellow main line on the rig body,,,,,didnt put my catch rate up or down to be honest,,,,,the only thing i like about coloured line is a night its easier to see with your headlight etc

[paul mason]

Have confidence in what you're using, myself I only use clear all the time because I feel more confident using it. In clear conditions on sunny days clear fluorocarbon would be my choice. Tubertini Gorilla UC4 Fluorocarbon is a lovely limp snood line and has good strength to weight ratio. Most of the time in Ireland the sea conditions are very murky and Fish wont see line. I think snood lenght and diameter would be more important than colour.

[southaussie]

Have confidence in what you're using, myself I only use clear all the time because I feel more confident using it. In clear conditions on sunny days clear fluorocarbon would be my choice. Tubertini Gorilla UC4 Fluorocarbon is a lovely limp snood line and has good strength to weight ratio. Most of the time in Ireland the sea conditions are very murky and Fish wont see line. I think snood lenght and diameter would be more important than colour.

Thanks Paul, Ive been down sizing most of my gear, It makes fishing more fun impo but was unsure on the colour thing.

i honestly dont think it makes a difference justin,,,after all the fish done see the line,,,,,its just what ever they have or line,,,,that stren line is good and see lots of lads using the red line,,,me i use all clear but have used yellow main line on the rig body,,,,,didnt put my catch rate up or down to be honest,,,,,the only thing i like about coloured line is a night its easier to see with your headlight etc

Your probly rite Brian but its just getting the fish to feed and stop being so fussy

[baitdigger]

Mainline, I'm not fussed about colour but yellow/red seems to cut down the number of 'birdstrikes' for me. Leader and rig body I always use clear- just as previously stated it is what I am most confident with.
However there is a bit of a question arising from the use of red lines. I was lead to believe that red was the first colour of the spectrum to disappear under water hence making it a good colour for hooklength. If this is the case why do many lures have a red patch on them, ether at the tail end or the head end? and why do firetail jellyworms often out-fish their plain black counterparts??