Have you ever wondered what a fish sees when it’s approaching your tube fly? Well, with the assistance of my TFT Swim Tank…I can see exactly what a fish sees? Surprisingly, it’s nothing more than a blob of color moving up and down or side to side. This discovery made “yours truly” re-think some of my favorite leech designs, paying particularly close attention to the back end (tailing material) of the TF!
Being a student of the sport of fly fishing, I try to pay close attention to other styles of fishing and study their lures of success as well. Wondering why a certain lure is catching fish and how I can imitate it with feathers and fur! In fact, the next time you’re in a general fishing shop or store…examine the spinners and casting spoon section. You’ll discover a significant color used on or along with the treble or single hook at the backend of the lure?
That color is red! Red is a predominant color used in dressing a “trailing or trailer” hook on most spinners and spoons made today. So I decided to give this concept a try! I cheated by quickly applying a red Sharpie™ Marker to dye the tailing material on some of my favorite leeches to achieve instant results! The major lure companies have been do this for decades! It’s to attract a fish and/or give a fish a target to strike at! Duh…a way to attract ot trigger a striking reaction from a predator gamefish…brilliant!
I can say this about “lure like” approach…it’s working on an array of species and my salmonid field testing has just begun!
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