Choosing Colors

[Sam W.]

Yes, I think there's some real good information in that article. After I read it last night, I made two of my bead-head jigs using some colors the article said are highly visible underwater, mixed with colors that aren't so visible for contrast.

The one jig is black/chartreuse with chartreuse paint inside the bead hole. The other jig is red/purple with no paint in the bead. Both jigs have a little dab of red paint on the nose.

I took this very fuzzy photo this morning of the jigs in a dark room against a black background. The picture is fuzzy because the camera didn't have enough light to auto-focus, and it came out a lot brighter than it really was because the camera aperture opened, trying to get more light.

This is taken almost in the dark with no flash and the focus is off - but look at the COLORS! There's some reflection off the glass beads and metal weights, black completely disappears, red almost disappears, but the chartreuse and purple really shine. I bet that's what happens when the jigs are 10-15 feet down in the water, and that's good to know.