It appears that trout and other species have difficulty seeing green. Some manufacturers make green-ish leader material to take advantage of this.
But we fly fishermen take pains to tie careful replicas of surface and sub-surface bugs... and then tie them on BLACK hooks!
Has anyone tried painting their fly hooks green?
Not on fly hooks but green hooks on worm harnesses have done much better than silver hooks with the same blades ,bottom bouncing for walleye.
Interesting... Are the hooks painted or is there a hook manufacturing company that makes green hooks?
You can buy green hooks from fish USA or most fish manufacture.
Thank you for the reply. I went to the FISHUSA site. Bought some green tippet material, but a search for GREEN HOOKS got no hits. What did I do wrong, please?
Try Cabala , field and stream, dicks sporting goods, or big box store fishing gear.
They have at fish USA but may not show out of stock items on line.
Cabalas has green hooks for steelhead gamuchi (spelling wrong)brand
Thanks beadling9... I'll keep looking.
Beadling9 wrote:
Cabalas has green hooks for steelhead gamuchi (spelling wrong)brand
Maybe Gamakatsu? Found one online shop featuring Octopus hooks. Large. They have 2 in stock at $4.95 ea.🤔
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