Underwater Visibility Test of Braided Fishing Lines

[@ReelHazardous]

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[@BricMabesa]

Great research but my dilemma is that you base the line visibility with the human eyesight...what about the fish's perspective?? What is visible or invisible to the fish?

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe6724]

Up here on the Susky river in PA I pick black or silver it matchs all the tires or beer cans in the water.

[@ReelHazardous]

Lol That's one way to blend in!

[@frankieroman7535]

Dang Steelers fan 🤣

[@johndde1]

That's why us marylanders don't want you down here fishing our waters. Sad but true

[@djay72]

You could do yellow too...the water around 3 mile Island might glow...lol.

[@blairsherrill4641]

Yeah just wrap around that tire and hook it cause that’s the biggest fish in the pond/lake 😂

[@thestime]

Whatever these know-it-alls comment is irrelevant to me. It was very nice to see what these different types and colors of line looked like in both clear AND dark water. Not just your average throw together video and I for one applaud you for making it. What do the fish see? Don't know. But at least now I know what it looks like. Thanks and good fishing to you my friend!!

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks man! Good fishing to you as well!

[@thestime]

@ACF 47 likes on my comment. Show me a video with the scientific evidence of which you speak. Maybe myself and others will put a like on that too. Until then I'm happy with my green mono line for bass in fresh water, especially after seeing this video.

[@derpderp3383]

I got nervous about the green until you brought it to freshwater. I mainly do bass fishing so this was a weight lifted.

[@thereelaccountant9246]

right? on a texas rig I bet it's the best.

[@mason.n3259]

Dominik Wilson yeah the only time I’ll use anything other than braid is when I’m fishing Uber-pressured water

[@LosDoyerss]

Same, I'm out here in Arizona and fish only lakes with lots of green foliage. Makes a lot of sense to go with the dark green line.

[@dannyvelasquez288]

You know I have no idea what fish see and I have no idea if they see all colors, but this has to be one of the best, smartest and affordable videos I have ever seen. Well made video RH! I really appreciate your efforts. Thank you.

[@ReelHazardous]

Danny Velasquez Thank you! I'm glad you liked it

[@khalid1990n]

To sum up If tou want to see your line and have high stealth at the same time use: Blue: for ocean and open water Green: for ponds If you don't care about line visiblity use: White: for highest stealth in open water only Great tes! Thank you very much sir.

[@BWWGL9]

I agree with Dale's comments below. I started fishing in 1957, believe me, we used just about everything, and anything to cat fish. We fish Deep River, a river in Indiana.... boy we had a ball catching one of the best fighters "CARP"..... you get into a 20-30 pounder, you'll have fun! I Fished Alaska, out of Juneau for 5 years, at our Island home in American Samoa. Both AK & AQ, I used the same both Blue and Green Line.... never had a problem. Sometimes I used a Fluorocarbon leader 6-8', and sometimes none.... I not really sure of color meaning much, when fishing more that 10 feet, because I got my 1st Halibut at 77ft., it was a 152 pounder....... I was using a GREEN weed Eater Line as a Leader VERY, VERY strong! Basically, I think between about 5' and further down color deminhes RAPIDLY ! Remember, from a HUMAN prospective that is.... we need LIGHT in order to see COLORS! What a fish can see is ???? I believe if there feed or hungry, they'll bite, if there not,,,, then there very picky of what they'll take. I have used Stright Hi-Vis Yellow and have caught Stripers, Salmon, and Catfish........ so does COLOR REALLY MATTER? Not as much to me.

[@justinmiler314]

I love how you did the different water tests because i fish fresh and salt water

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks! Yeah I was curious myself how they would look.

[@HDMOVIECREATOR2012]

What worked good to use for both waters? I only have one rod 😅

[@fuggleeartshow]

Thanks for doing the pond test. That was super helpful and exactly what I was looking for. 👍

[@ReelHazardous]

blackwings03 thank you!

[@scotthime6928]

I appreciate the test and it was well done. I hope I can point out a couple of things for information, without sounding critical. As light passes through water, it gets filtered out. Some wavelengths (colors) get filtered before others. Red is the first to drop out. A lot of people wonder why any fish is red, because it seems like it would make them stand out to predators. It's because the deeper you go, the less red light there is, so they are harder to see. An object "looks" red because it is reflecting (mostly) red wavelength light. If there is no red wavelength light present, they can't reflect it. The "color" of the water also acts as a filter for certain wavelengths, as you rightly observed. That all gets complicated by the fact that at different times of the day, the spectrum of available light changes. The other thing is that fishes' eyes work differently than human eyes. All experienced fishermen know that polarized glasses drastically change what they can see in the water. Experienced photographers know that using a polarized filter can drastically alter what their camera "sees". Many fish seem to be more/less sensitive to light in certain parts of the spectrum. Like frogs, many appear to have a hard time seeing things that aren't moving. Is that the eyes, or the brain that is programmed to specifically see movement and ignore things sitting motionless? It's a pretty complicated subject, and there are no silver bullet type of answers. Your test is one more piece of knowledge for a fisherman to put in his/her toolbox. Personally, I don't think line color has too much impact on success catching fish, outside of something like trout fishing in a shallow, clear river or stream. If you use a fluorocarbon leader, I think the line color rarely matters much at all.

[@yea_i_podagee_so_what]

red is the first color to fall off BUT whos to say it falls to a clear versus a dark color? when a color loses pigment it looks black and not clear so wouldn't red technically get "darker" the deeper you go? i catch way more fish on red jigs versus blue jigs in deeper water. hence my theory

[@drmitofit2673]

Thanks! Ponds are dark or stained from tannins (like tea) from decaying leaves. I use 15 or 20 lb dull dark green braid with no leader and catch more bass than anyone at my favorite lake. It seems to camouflage really well in the tea colored water, algae, and weeds. Plus I have a theory that thin braid cutting through the water is felt and heard less and thicker mono/fluoro in the same lb test by a fishes lateral line. Fish use their lateral lines and hearing since sound travels better in water than in air. Thin line is always better, so braid is all I use now. It is so strong that I never have fish break off and I can free lures with thin wire hooks by pulling (line wrapped 6 times around a dowel to prevent packing the spool). With jigs I can tell exactly what the bottom is made of and can detect subtle bites due to the low stretch and high sensitivity of braid.

[@abuda7em20]

The video is very useful shows great information , I need to ask you a question , do you think assist hooks which is used for jigs are better to tie with white color thread ?

[@teeanahera8949]

He did say that the line colour is unimportant. Colours under a few metres of water cannot be seen as one by one their wavelength is absorbed by the water. It will make no difference what colour you use.

[@scuba6797]

Could just be me but I felt yellow in the first test was probably the hardest to see or should have been in top 3. Also best for me to see out of water. I'm going to give it a try this year. Thanks for the test!

[@reelfishing002]

What about black ? I was in a saltwater canal , it seem dark , but the white fireline stood out A LOT , and I notice the fish really didn't bite the bait either , but when night time I switch over to a black line and they strike the bait , because the line was way harder to see at night and in the dark water

[@jairogonzalez6053]

I've fished in super clear salt water with green braid, and it gave me no problems.... I actually caught decent size fish. 🎣🐟 🐟 🐟 🎣

[@mt4m1m]

Thank you, your efforts are alot of help. I am no expert, I found that throughout the season, dark green will turn lighter if you cast alot, 832 coating for example. Maybe a new video ? After break in, just saying

[@TeamHardLife]

Very cool test... because we love using the white and yellow braids

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks! What kind of fishing do you do?

[@jimvick8397]

Great video... I just do dark green braid on my spool then whatever color of Mono or Fluorocarbon leader I need for the desired water I'm fishing in... And knowing where that transition proves helpful when bring a fish to the surface for getting it in the net...

[@franciscocruz2910]

dont matter any braid line in you spool !!! you need to do ... use flourocarbon leader & FG knot !!! 🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨Bummm !!! 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@moedog5087]

I fish both dirty and clear water. Looks like the blue braid was the happy medium the whole way across?

[@abcphotography852]

Did you test the quattro line with 4 different colors? Thanks

[@LosDoyerss]

Great info, I mostly fish lakes near reeds and green foliage so good thing I went with the dark green line. Thanks.

[@jamescole3524]

real cool video...ive been thinking about running flouro leader on my powerpro 10lb moss green for freshwater..been killin it for 10 years on it...to me best braid out there hands down...but seeing that kinda confirms why i wound up with that line for what i do...now you just need to compare brands and your training will be complete pattawon

[@FoxUNSC]

Glad I came across this! Been thinking this for months. Thanks buddy!

[@ReelHazardous]

FoxUNSC I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ricansurf]

I asked a black marlin friend of mine and he said he cant see colors

[@sirronbailey3109]

This was a great test thank you for your time.

[@ReelHazardous]

sirron bailey Thanks!

[@JohnDrach]

You should do the lake/stream version of this

[@TroutFink]

Blue line is my go to. Works well in clear and dark waters.

[@BigGfromOB1987]

Hey bud do You not use a leader at all with your braid?

[@tmise50]

Most often a leader will be used in mono or fluorocarbon so I don’t think the braid color should matter that much. From the test it looks like the leader would be more visible than the main line braid. We normally fish for stripers and hybrids using 100% fluorocarbon. So I think I’m going to go with the green braid since the water color is a brownish color and a fluorocarbon leader.

[@19ADAM80]

👍🏼 Have you checked out the camo styles yet?

[@MegaHector81]

Can u do suffix advance copolymer and flourocarbon to see the difference in visibility

[@victorcianflone5093]

Why not just do it yourself you seem to already have that kind of line handy

[@chrisbig-canoe2.0h88]

That was very helpful, thank you for posting

[@Gof3]

I use only multicoloured and the shock leader from Seaguar, monofilament or fluorocarbon, depend on kind of fishing

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hey great job on the video i know this video is with braid would this also be the case with mono of the same color thanks

[@jjthurne5206]

There is also a video with mono

[@teeanahera8949]

It is frustrating when the presenter talks a while about the first video he made being about mono colours and the tests he did with them and then you ask about mono!

[@12thFan23]

I know this video is ancient but thanks for making this I learned a lot.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thank you!

[@davescheer5038]

🌴 so this is something that I’ve wondered about for awhile,I’m in the Tampa Bay Area the water is light green , ha, unless it’s red tide , one thing is you didn’t talk about is what it looks like deeper in the water 30-40-50’ down in less light ? Plus if you have on a long leader of mono or fluorocarbon, and here’s a question that I get mixed reviews on from ( manufacturers and professionals 😏) what about fly line colors do the scare off fish , yes you might have on a clear leader but on floating fly lines do they scare off fish ? 🤔 a lot are bright colors are so the anglers can see we’re the fish is going and giving them a heads up but a camo colored line would make it look like floating sea grass or natural vegetation, what’s your opinion?

[@jdean1851]

AWESOME TEST! THANX from Idaho!

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks man!

[@sirronbailey3109]

That was a great test I really appreciate it that brought things into perspective we hear a lot about it but with the comparison that you did it was spot-on.

[@ReelHazardous]

sirron bailey Thank you!

[@LBCAndrew]

I fish in Southern California, mostly from the beach in the surf. I'm guessing the green would do pretty good considering it's much darker water than that swimming pool water out in Florida.

[@tariktalituckofwar4462]

Berdasarkan pengalaman saya, ikan tak peduli pun dengan apa colour untuk line anda.bunyi pada lines dalam air yang mudah membuatkan ikan takut untuk mendekati umpan.maaf yer.. Ini hanyalah pandangan saya. Salam dari malaysia. Anda yang terbaik. Pls translate from malay to english. Tq

[@Daniel-vu4ft]

what people insist that fish see things and colours like humans or are more worry when some colours are for instance near the bait. Can you explain with the study you did?

[@w1ckedbackhand]

Great idea, and thanks for taking the time to test, and show it

[@demitrimarlin2463]

Hello I’m a new subscriber to your channel and this is the first video I seen. I would like to ask a question if I may. I bought some dark green braid line so I could have some color and style to my rod and reel, would it do good in a lake?

[@syahir2225]

how about lime green....that colour can be visible in sea water? or that colour make the fish see the line and not bite the lure

[@ReelHazardous]

We had a bright yellowish color line similar to lime green and it was hard to see looking up towards the sky like if it was being trolled. Worse case though is to just add some flouro leader if your dealing with finicky fish.

[@SwampWrangler]

Great video 👍

[@chriswilliams2652]

Thank you for your effort, that's what I was looking for.

[@ReelHazardous]

Glad it helped!

[@larrylaye9276]

I realize that this video is 3 years old. However,I have only recently found it. White makes sense. I'm also a king fisherman and I'm going to try something unusual. I mostly run double pogie rigs in tournaments. I'm going to spray paint my leaders with a flat/ non glossy white spray paint. It just makes sense. Looking into the water,I'm sure it will look bad. Looking up from under the water,we'll, we shall see. May even break it up by spraying a touch of very light blue. I've seen videos of live baits underwater where the fisherman was using black hooks. Stood out loudly. Perhaps,just perhaps the creator added patterns or spots in order to help predators find the prey. Pogies have their spots. A contrast if you will. We automatically assume that how hooks,lines,leaders come out of the package are great. Maybe there is room for improvements in this area. As always,love yalls videos. Awesome watching your sis catch that smoker in the tournament!

[@dirkbergstrom9751]

I fish mainly for wild rainbow trout in crystal clear water in the Canadian Rockies. A few weeks ago I came across some Nanofil (my fave braid) in 2 lb white. Prioe to this I had been using 2-6 lb braid, mostly Power Pro, and mostly green since the selection these past few months has been terrible. So I tried the white.... wow. It made sense to me that on overcast days the white should be very hard for the fish to see against the mostly white sky. I normally catch (and release) my limit (4) or better, but white braid on overcast days doubled and tripled my typical catch even though I was presenting the same 6-9' fluoro leaders and 1/32 - 1/5th oz spoons and microjigs, mixed with slow-walking nightcrawlers, etc. The white braid is amazing on a bright but overcast day. And as for blacj hooks... as sunset approaches and the sun finally disappears behind the mountains, mainly small black spoons and spinners are killers... fished near the surface they offer great contrast against the twilight sky.

[@MrTLbear]

so...the fish see the same way as us? Different animals see different kind of color, inst it?

[@sunilramnath9660]

I have reels spooled with moss green, blue, hi-vis Yellow and even multi-coloured Braided line and they ALL get me results. Recently was gifted a Penn Pursuit III 8000 reel and wanna spool that one up with 80lb Red Power Pro Braid for jigging at 500feet...Lets see how that one works!!! Nice Vid..simple test and good results.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thank you!

[@luster5497]

I wish they would make black-colored floro and mono lines. I want to try dying them but, I will probably just damage the line into breaking though

[@Rockdog333]

They do now I believe

[@loveniacannon3302]

This folds up relatively small and extends out to a good length. kzbin.infoUgkxphFK7ETiDP5G4IGsNcg7vbASDp_YfDpI I would warn that while it folds down to a convenient size, it's still a bit too large to fit into my tacklebox, which I think is a pretty "normal" size. I guess a hardcore fisherman might have a hardcore box that's larger than mine, but for the typical once-a-year fisherman like me, it will have to be carried outside the box.

[@teeanahera8949]

Are you on the right channel?

[@velavela6772]

What’s the best braid line to use?

[@ReelHazardous]

What application are you using the line for? For example, I like diamond fishing line, 130lb hollow core for my Wahoo rods.

[@KageShi]

I use neon yellow with a drk greencamo leader or steel leader in most of my trolling stuffs as I do it at night with UV lights to help attract bugs to the waterline and can keep eyes on my kit without needing bright lights to kill my vision under moon/star light. In the daytime I use the drk green/camo and a steel leader to make swapping lures faster as I at best only carry 3 rods and one is just for crappy with light line and fly jigs.

[@MissaoPesca]

Nice video. Now I´m sure the dark green is the right one for me.

[@expomm]

Amazing video and experiment! Kudos

[@tbg9984]

We wouldnt know as this just tests how well our eyes can see colour underwater, fish have completely different cones of vision to humans

[@idontknowwhatimdoing760]

TBG99 but I could also help anglers who want to be eco friendly so if they do loose line if someone finds it it will be easier for them to stop it

[@christopherhenson2337]

he hopped in the water with line tied to pvc pipe. ungrateful.

[@kenz1031]

Yeah white is one of the best colored lures to fish with so I'm skeptical.

[@golfish8589]

@@christopherhenson2337 how is he being ungrateful? He is pointing out potentially a major flaw in his testing. Its science. I know some people these days are ignoring science :(

[@christopherhenson2337]

TIM Flugaur-Leavitt science was created by the government to distract us from real issues

[@ncimson5318]

If you guys come across a maxima chameleon get them. I found a 300yd 20LB spool at a local thrift shop and been using it for my leader. I did a comparison between that and a seaguar red label fluorocarbon and I was surprised. I can still see the seaguar at about 5 feet deep and that chameleon just disappeared. This was done on a lake with brownish green water

[@kjvwarrior777]

Great video.......... I usually fish 🐟 rivers.....so green it will be most of the time.......from now on.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks!

[@MrLapin-LL]

This test is gold! Real test with hard FACTS, not just a Pro Staff BS talk...

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@davidogden8370]

why didnt you try the gray braid ,, its the color that the companys say low vis on ?

[@edwardcowan7012]

Enjoyed the show. Salt water guys seem to give a lot more honest appraisal of line. I always feel like the bass guys are just trying to sell you the most expensive fluorocarbon lines.

[@maliktaylorbesham]

Blue is best or white in little green water

[@LynnNew.]

Also some of the best bait colors involve white. I'm not a fish but I'm sure the white to us that disappears actually causes a harsh shadow appearance to the fish.

[@fishingshallowminded8600]

did you use a red light filter lens ?

[@ReelHazardous]

No, no filters on the cameras. Thanks for asking!

[@dAySwNSGItsFtos]

Thinking about making a walleye rod needed this vid

[@ReelHazardous]

Glad it helped!

[@Ocho-Sinko]

Thank You , yes you were very helpful 👍🏾 keep up the good work.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thank you!

[@HILLBILLY_HARD]

My question is and will always be, do fish know what line is? And, do fish care if a line is attached to what they are eating? My dad says trout can see the line so he uses the smallest 2lb test mono he can get for trout and catches the crap outta them. But I’ve seen guys using 10lb test line catching trout as well. So idk 🤷

[@04jaywilli1975]

Are fish able to see in color? I always thought they might be color blind.

[@1964krazyeric]

I would like to see what fish see when they are feeding up with sun and with clouds. I am curious about the best color for a frog, my theory is that blue would be best.

[@ReelHazardous]

That would be a good theory to test out!

[@_Tang0_]

You get bites on that yellow line? Im a beginner and i cant keep track of my invisiline off the surf. Anyway Great video 🤙🏽

[@ReelHazardous]

Yeah, you can still get bites on your yellow line but to make it harder for fish to see put a mono or flouro leader at the end of it. That's a good point and why I did the second test on the video on how easy it is to see the line out of the water for us anglers. Sometimes its better to pick a high vis line so you can keep track of your line while you are trolling, kite fishing, or fishing off the beach in your case. Hope this helps!

[@propwash6880]

Cool test. I'm using yellow and from your tests it seems ok for my situation in FL. However I might change to white in the future.

[@babtey]

Nice job, thanks.

[@MikeSmith-wg6nn]

Why didn’t you say anything about the yellow at least on my iPad yellow was almost impossible for me to see but she didn’t say anything about it so I’m just wondering what your thoughts were

[@whitemichaelwhite]

Must be below 32 feet when using pink?

[@abdinvelazquez1265]

Nice video. Straight to the point and no nonsense! New subscriber here.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks for watching and we appreciate you subscribing!

[@burgosshampoo5037]

The perfect video ❤

[@MrMacman71]

thanks for doing the comparison....always good to learn new stuff!

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks James!

[@captok36]

and the steel leader you add to it.

[@cristilaye5912]

This video makes a good oint. Fish looking up are still g a bright background with the sky. Also,fish ARE white underneath. I hear guys saying that they like the black trembles for kings. When I was young,the ki g guys insisted on painting all rigs flat black. Have we been wrong? So how about light blue or white hooks and wire? Looking at a white wire leader in the water may look bad... to us. From a fish's perspective,it may be the best kept secret. Have You considered trying to paint your wire rig and hooks white or light blue? I think I will do just that starting with my kite wire leaders. Fish coming up from below bright sky... hmm... we shall see. Great video as always!

[@HerpetoCrazy]

Awesome video with good to know info. The real question tho is how it looks to the fish.

[@ahndeux]

The worse color is dark green. When you are on a cattle boat fishing late at night or early in morning, you just can't see the line at all. If you have 25 people on the boat, it's bound to cause tangles. Yellow is my favorite color since it is bright and easy to pick up. Put on a 10-15 foot of fluoro leader and the fish don't care about the color of the spectra. This setup has killed many fish. All my lines are white or yellow / chartreuse so I can see the dang line.

[@DAVIZZY69]

For flathead catfish?

[@woodman39]

If fish will avoid your bait because they can see the line will they avoid it because of the array of treble hooks hanging off it's belly?

[@everydaytre3856]

I just watched this video because I got some hi vis yellow braid n this made me laugh cause it’s true n now I feel like I watched this video for no reason🤣

[@foothillscrafted1056]

Great idea and presentation. Thumbs up.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks!

[@ScreamingReel500]

Thank you! I am just about to buy a 1500 meters braided line then I your video helps a lot.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks, glad it helped. If you liked it we would appreciate if you share it with others too!

[@theexchangezone35]

Do we see the same way fish do?

[@JagerZed]

After years of trying to imagine what fish see to pick lure and line colors, and frequently being proven wrong by fish biting on colors I didn’t expect, I now use different line colors on my rigs and if I’m not getting bites I just switch rigs. Sometimes black lures on a new moon are the only thing fish will bite. Sometimes suffix low viz green will spook snook but the high viz yellow doesn’t. Fish not only see wavelengths differently than us, but how they process what they see and whether they will spook is hard to guess using information from human eyes and in my experience best determined by trial and error. It may be different for different bodies of water and types of fish, but in the context of SW FL inshore / coastal I find this to be true, on a tough day I will make a point of pitching the line / lure combo that totally counters my intuition of what a fish will see or not see, and I’m often surprised when that combo is the most productive.

[@ReelHazardous]

Thanks for the information! After I did this test I tested how the different colors caught fish compared to each other in a similar way. The pink flouro did very well in those subsequent test too!

[@hookedonprjonrojas2314]

I think the real questions is what colors can each type of fish see.

[@svt300]

www.salmo.com.pl/en/czy-kolor-ma-znaczenie/ they did run scientific test,its for freshwater species but still.. enjoy

[@hookedonprjonrojas2314]

spirittracker raw thanks for that article

[@svt300]

np.. its definitley something to consider

[@simontimoney]

Thanx Captain

[@75thteaster54]

I use the high viz yellow and never had any problems catching

[@petr8068]

Perfect thanks!

[@TheBeefSlayer]

This is a great video!!!!

[@ReelHazardous]

Thank you!

[@cgallardo1993]

Great informative video! Ive learned so much. But for the real question, What's the name of that background music playing during the video? #summervibe

[@ReelHazardous]

Carlos Gallardo Thank you so much! It's called "Bark" by John Deley and the 41 Players

[@mosin9105]

Great information, thanks!

[@ReelHazardous]

No problem!

[@stevendeblauwe8531]

Please can you do Leaders lines and the different kinds, Good video Thanks

[@carloscruz7317]

This is interesting. Only if there was a way to mimic the biological make of a fishes eye an as they see it.

[@Chuck74420]

I agree, this video is great but it only tells us how HUMANS see color in the water. i'm considering a multicolor braid for my next reel. what do you guys think? it'll be for both fresh and saltwater use.

[@ReelHazardous]

Is it the kind that has the different colors marked every so many ft? If so those are nice for when fish are hitting off the bottom. Then you know how far up to reel every time without any guess work!

[@zzz7zzz9]

this was well done, but, this is simply how the lines look to the human eye. fish don't see the same way we do. so really, this video is for fisherman to buy lines that THEY don't see as well in the water. fish see UV. you would be "shocked" at how some lines glow in uv light. my jaw dropped. a line I thought was extremely invisible(it was to my vision), glows like it is lit right up when hit with a uv light. and I assumed that would have to be very bad. BUT, I looked at my rod that I had just been using on a weekend trip, and that was the line I was using for the leader on it. and I caught loads of fish and one of my biggest in that lake. so now, I started to consider that maybe THAT is what helped ATTRACT the fish, was the glowing line. it may have brought them in, then they bit the lure trailing on it. it definitely didn't spook or scare them, that's for sure. the biggest thing I have learned about fishing, is that we usually don't know all that much about what the darn fish are doing. one day a certain lure is a fish magnet, they won't leave it alone. the very next day, same light conditions etc, and that lure doesn't even get a look. we are always told that we need to be careful that the fish can't see our line, well, my line glows like a beacon, and the fish seem to attract to it.

[@kken8766]

what if the fish is color blind...or yet.. the fish have ultra vision on white..

[@erdwinjc]

Great video bud.