Post by Fishooked on Apr 20, 2009 21:24:31 GMT -4
"Tips from the pros" by Jan Eggers & Sirpa Glad-Staf
RAPALA COLOUR RECOMMENDATIONS
The following list provides with some useful hints for selecting the optimum lure colour for each fishing condition:
1. Natural colours imitate bait fish and therefore are always worth a try, whatever the conditions. Pay attention to the fact that the colouring of different species of fish varies a great deal in different waters, due to adaptation to local conditions. Therefore, the lure colours and their shades must also vary.
2. Bright or fluorescent colours, such as bright red, orange, yellow, green etc. do not naturally belong to our waters and their habitat, but still they can be used in lures as so called super-normal effects. They can be successful, when fishing in the dark or in very deep or coloured waters.
3. The proverb "cold water, cold colours and warm water, warm colours" seems to be surprisingly right. For example, the absolute favourites for fall and spring are blue, violet, white, silver etc.
4. Choose the colours on the basis of the surrounding nature. Some fishermen look at the sky, others at the banks of the river, the bottom of the lake and so on and try to match their lures with these colours. For instance, pitch black in the dead of the night, green during mid-summer etc. As a contrast sometimes a dark colouring, forming a visible silhouette against the light may be the right gimmick in bright conditions.
5. Vary your colours. Do not get stuck with casting the same lure to the same spot over and over again, as fish get used to the lure very quickly. Just changing the colour or/and the lure type can make wonders.
RAPALA COLOUR RECOMMENDATIONS
The following list provides with some useful hints for selecting the optimum lure colour for each fishing condition:
1. Natural colours imitate bait fish and therefore are always worth a try, whatever the conditions. Pay attention to the fact that the colouring of different species of fish varies a great deal in different waters, due to adaptation to local conditions. Therefore, the lure colours and their shades must also vary.
2. Bright or fluorescent colours, such as bright red, orange, yellow, green etc. do not naturally belong to our waters and their habitat, but still they can be used in lures as so called super-normal effects. They can be successful, when fishing in the dark or in very deep or coloured waters.
3. The proverb "cold water, cold colours and warm water, warm colours" seems to be surprisingly right. For example, the absolute favourites for fall and spring are blue, violet, white, silver etc.
4. Choose the colours on the basis of the surrounding nature. Some fishermen look at the sky, others at the banks of the river, the bottom of the lake and so on and try to match their lures with these colours. For instance, pitch black in the dead of the night, green during mid-summer etc. As a contrast sometimes a dark colouring, forming a visible silhouette against the light may be the right gimmick in bright conditions.
5. Vary your colours. Do not get stuck with casting the same lure to the same spot over and over again, as fish get used to the lure very quickly. Just changing the colour or/and the lure type can make wonders.
