08-29-2013, 06:51 PM
[#0000FF]I have reviewed a few things on the Internet and watched a few programs on TV in which UV stuff was highly touted. And I have no doubt there are times, places and circumstances in which it can make a positive difference. But...like almost any new idea in fishing, hunting, marriage, etc...there are seemingly no hard and fast conclusions that are applicable to all situations.
I pride myself on keeping a "mental database" that I tap into whenever planning a trip...or trying to figure out the fish on a trip when "plan A" isn't working. Keeping a detailed log of past trips helps, but you still have to know enough to punch in the current conditions and to reason out a pattern.
There are just too many variables to be able to isolate one particular "Eureka" (UV materials) as the key to a future of lifetime fishing success. You gotta have the right tackle...and know how to use it. You have to fish where the fish are. You must make good presentations...at the right depth and the right speed. And...if you get it all right...I don't think actual colors or UV are going to make a great difference in most cases.
I mess around with colors and fancy patterns and glitter jobs in a continuing effort to find a "magic bullet". But if I am honest with myself, I have to admit that when fish are active, the actual colors don't seem to make much difference. As long as the fish can see what you are throwing you have a chance of getting bit. Of course, there are times when they are a lot more selective...and both size and color can make a difference...but that's what keeps me messin' with stuff.
All I need to keep myself humble is to remind myself of some of the things I have found in the innards of fish I have kept for the fillet knife. Any fish that eats cigaret butts, rocks, sticks, pieces of aluminum foil and other inedible tidbits does not qualify for the fishy equivalent of Mensa. And those things and others have all been found in fish species widely considered to be among the smartest and hardest to fool with artificial lures. And what really smarts is when one of my "latest and greatest" innovations can't buy a bite. That's when I rig up with a cigaret butt and swallow my pride.
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I pride myself on keeping a "mental database" that I tap into whenever planning a trip...or trying to figure out the fish on a trip when "plan A" isn't working. Keeping a detailed log of past trips helps, but you still have to know enough to punch in the current conditions and to reason out a pattern.
There are just too many variables to be able to isolate one particular "Eureka" (UV materials) as the key to a future of lifetime fishing success. You gotta have the right tackle...and know how to use it. You have to fish where the fish are. You must make good presentations...at the right depth and the right speed. And...if you get it all right...I don't think actual colors or UV are going to make a great difference in most cases.
I mess around with colors and fancy patterns and glitter jobs in a continuing effort to find a "magic bullet". But if I am honest with myself, I have to admit that when fish are active, the actual colors don't seem to make much difference. As long as the fish can see what you are throwing you have a chance of getting bit. Of course, there are times when they are a lot more selective...and both size and color can make a difference...but that's what keeps me messin' with stuff.
All I need to keep myself humble is to remind myself of some of the things I have found in the innards of fish I have kept for the fillet knife. Any fish that eats cigaret butts, rocks, sticks, pieces of aluminum foil and other inedible tidbits does not qualify for the fishy equivalent of Mensa. And those things and others have all been found in fish species widely considered to be among the smartest and hardest to fool with artificial lures. And what really smarts is when one of my "latest and greatest" innovations can't buy a bite. That's when I rig up with a cigaret butt and swallow my pride.
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