Fishing Report 1/27 And 1/28

[vanven]

I am going to have to find a purple headlamp just to stick out now. Not sure how easy it will be to tie 5x tippet in a purple hue though.

-Jerod

[vanven]

If they are trying to sight fish at night wouldn't that be A little on the un ethical side. I would think that would think that would be like spot lighting deer.

I was sort of beating around the bush I guess. I understand most of the benefits of using red light as explained in this thread, although a couple of them may prove to be old wives tales. The above quote was more to my initial point. I was starting to wonder if there was some benefit I wasn't aware of. Something like: A red light source on a certain midge pattern makes it light up and the fish go nuts. That would seem a little shady to me.

I hope everyone understands I was not referring to a certain individual, but over the past 2 years of night fishing I have noticed a proliferation of red lights. 18 months ago I would see a red headlamp and know exactly who that person was because it was unique. After reading this thread I am almost convinced to give red a try though. I wish it was a different color, I hate Nebraska.

-Jerod

[hoglaw]

I am going to have to find a purple headlamp just to stick out now. Not sure how easy it will be to tie 5x tippet in a purple hue though.

-Jerod

By everyone's logic from earlier, purple would have the shortest wavelength and would be the last color to be dissipated under water (I know you were being sarcastic :-) ).

When you guys talk about "shufflers," are you talking about kicking up rocks with your feet and scattering insects? I've noticed it around my feet in the Beaver tailwaters before. Is that a common fishing practice on tanney?

[vanven]

When you guys talk about "shufflers," are you talking about kicking up rocks with your feet and scattering insects? I've noticed it around my feet in the Beaver tailwaters before. Is that a common fishing practice on tanney?

That describes shuffling pretty spot on. I am not sure I would call it common. On any given day you will likely see someone doing it, but given the number of folks that fish Taney it doesnt account for a large number. Missouri is one of the few states where it is not illegal, although most of us would consider it unethical.

As a Kansas State grad, purple is the only logical choice.

-jerod

[Micheal Kyle]

Back in college I always used to remember the color spectrum with this ROY-G-BIV

Those are the colors that are on the spectrum Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo,Violet. You can then add Ultra Violet.

As Thom says the red has the longest wave length. and thus keeping the color longer in deeper water.

One thing to consider also is that most fish can see shades of polarization and I personally think that is more important than color. You can take any color of midge and certain depths they will appear gray so why use different colors. Because different colors will have a different shade of polarization. A lot of fish can see shades of polarization better than shades of color.

I would also have to add this does not really matter for the upper end on Taney but it might work for lower Taney, that in deep water the fish do not key in on anything except for sound and smell.

Thats why I posed the question be for really taking charge I wanted other people to get involved.

There are 2 great books that are available they are titled What fish See, and How Fish Work. They explain the whole color issue in depth, and for the content of them I have paid way more than waht the books coost for a guy for 16 weeks to explain what these books explain.

[KATroutman13]

When fishing at night, I try to keep my light off as much as possible. The one thing I have noticed is that fishing at night on Taneycomo has become very difficult because of the crowds. This used to be an excellent way to fish that river, but has become way too crowded, especially in the fall.

I think that light, some less than others, will spook fish when it is sporadic (not like the lights off of the dam) and does not provide a food source. If possible, I will not even use my light when wading. My vision is pretty good, so I can see the boulders in the shallower water and I take my time, so that helps. Whenever I do put my light on, I will turn my back to where I am fishing and try not to shine the light in the water while tying on a new fly.

As to the shufflers, this is something that gets me pretty upset. I hate it when people are just shuffling and dropping their fly at their feet and letting it drift and in many cases snagging fish. I think we see this more in the summer time because of the people. This really tears up the bottom and shakes up the habitat, which takes a suprisingly long time to repair itself. It is kind of funny, I remember when I first started fishing down there, they had a brochure about how shuffling was unethical. Why doesn't MDC make a regulation against shuffling, who knows, but they should.