Hook Color for jigs???

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Originally Posted by fish_4_all

Well I am not sure about smaller hooks as I haven't used many but for large hooks the red can make a difference for specie I fish for. Side by side a red hook can out fish nickel big time in low clear water for steelhead. Black nickel has proved even better. Might be a sight thing, maybe reflective index, who knows. I do know I have caught trout in a local lake on a bare black nickel hook and never on any other color.

The only reason I can see a red hook being better is that the fish can't see red after 10-12 feet anyway. This will make it vanish from site in deep water. Could it make a difference, maybe in clear water where the fish might see a reflection or glimmer of an off color and be turned away. Once the red starts wearing off it doesn't matter though, would it.

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Actually that's for transparent red colors under water, IE the Cajun Red line, and even then, it doesn't disappear, it turns a gray-blue. All colors do it, it's just the first in the color spectrum to do so. I hate gimmicks. :p

I prefer gold, don't seem to rust even after sitting in your box for a while.

Hook color does make a difference,

I agree with all the above no doubt but if were ever in the boat on an over fished lake and were using minnows and your trailing Me by about 10-15 fish the cost of those hook's just went up like gasoline in a hurricane! some days it dosn't matter some days it does very seldom do I fish anything when fish are very active that dosn't have a tinge of red some where you have to remember their predator's if they thing there's an easy meal they go for it! just My pratice.

Still learning slabology, but 1/16 #4 red hook jigs have been my fave so far.