It is a real melting pot.
I guess we have all had situations were a change of bait, be it changing the colour, number or just recasting a new one has led to instant results. Its difficult to know if that was down to the bait change or perhaps as I think Keith suggested just the fact it was recast led to it being presented better.
I know in Carp fishing circles its actually a well documented tactic to use washed out or old baits, yet in match fishing circles the advice is usually to use the freshest possible. Horses for course I guess & there wont be any one solution that fits all situations.
One thing I have noticed is that you don’t see many blue or green baits about yet I we all know they will pluck at weed or eat silkweed and so on. …has anyone tried using maggots in a colour other than say the typical red, white or orange ?
I suspect a lot of baits are colured to attract the angler rather than the fish. They probably see colour differently to us anyway...
I guess we have all had situations were a change of bait, be it changing the colour, number or just recasting a new one has led to instant results. Its difficult to know if that was down to the bait change or perhaps as I think Keith suggested just the fact it was recast led to it being presented better.
I know in Carp fishing circles its actually a well documented tactic to use washed out or old baits, yet in match fishing circles the advice is usually to use the freshest possible. Horses for course I guess & there wont be any one solution that fits all situations.
One thing I have noticed is that you don’t see many blue or green baits about yet I we all know they will pluck at weed or eat silkweed and so on. …has anyone tried using maggots in a colour other than say the typical red, white or orange ?
I suspect a lot of baits are colured to attract the angler rather than the fish. They probably see colour differently to us anyway...
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