I didn't count the hour I zigged & zagged back and fourth looking for my buoys. I had tossed them out to mark some brush & noticed I didn't have enough line to reach the bottom. After digging around & finding some line & putting that on I looked up & the wind had blown me out of sight of my buoys. I might have been able to see them better but they are 20 years old and faded. I keep them for stealth marking when eye's are watching. Looking back I could have used blaze orange markers but then someone would have come back to that spot and loaded the boat with my luck.