Woolly Bugger

Woolly Bugger

Do you think that bright colored Fly Lines spook fish?

I fished a pond recently and put on the same wt line and leader on some extra spools but one Fly Line was clear, one was green and one was orange. I used a Wooly Bugger and presented it in the same manner with each line. I caught the most bass with the clear line. I also caught quite a few fish with the green line. With the orange line, I did catch fish but I could actually see the fish hesitate before making the decision to strike or not. Do you think the color of fly line makes any difference in your catch ratio?

That is an excellent question and not an easy one to answer. I use a combination of clear and camo intermediate lines, darker floating lines (like Rio's Nymphing line) and some Floating Fly lines that are really bright, like yellow or orange or light green.

The fly Fishing Line manufacturers have created a wide variety of lines over the years. I remember when they first came out with a line of brightly colored fluorescent lines, saying how great it was that you would be able to see your line. People bought them and used them, including many experts. They worked just fine. Then they came out with the clear and camo intermediate lines and they worked just fine. Then to the darker greens and some have a brighter blue to match the sky, and they will work just fine.

I think what that shows is that it really doesn't matter so much as to what the color of the line is, but rather how you, the fly fisher, uses it.

If you drift your fly line, any colored fly line, directly over fish that have been fished really hard, you will spook the fish. If it drifts over fish that seldom see a fly fisher, then it may not matter as much. After all, the rivers and lakes carry tons of natural junk in the water, all very natural for the fish to see. I have had salmon swim right between my legs, because they don't fear us, out in the ocean they never saw a person standing in the water. To them, it was just more objects in the water, nothing to worry about. On the opposite side of that, you can step up to the edge of a stream and spook all the fish out of a pond just by them seeing you or your shadow or feeling the vibrations of your steps. They have seen a lot of predators like us and respond very quickly.

So, keep your fly line from drifting over the fish. Use Fluorocarbon Tippet to make it even harder for the fish to see your leader. If you are in a river, start working the water closest to you and work your fly and fly line out farther into the stream in stages. That way you will decrease your chance of drifting line directly over fish that are in a feeding mode.

Use longer leaders to allow you to keep the line farther away. If you are casting upstream, learn to toss a reach cast to get your line off the seam you are going to work your fly.

In the lakes, I usually use the clear or camo lines or the newer Outbound Fly lines by Rio, with a clear mono Shooting Head then a colored running line. My sinking lines are almost all dark or dark headed with a running line that may be colored lighter. For Dry Flies you can use the newer clear lines, I have not tried them, but I do use a long leader and fluorocarbon tippet.

If I am going to work a fly from my WaterMaster raft, I cast it out then strip out almost all of my fly line so the fly is 100 feet behind my boat. That gives the water a 100 foot distance to calm down from my passing through and for the fish to feel comfortable again. Then I work the fly in short 10 foot strips and then snake the line out and move my boat about 15 feet, then work the fly again.

So, down and dirty, I don't think the color of the line is critical, it is how you use and present the line that counts.

Larry

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