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<blockquote data-quote="svnmag" data-source="post: 88236" data-attributes="member: 330">I usually try to match the hatch or shock.&nbsp; Sometimes on an extremely dark sky day with light hissing rain (absolute favorite fishing weather) I'll go against the grain and throw the most gaudy-assed bait I have trying to &quot;stir things up&quot;.&nbsp; I've had success with this ploy but more confidence in dark weather/water--dark lure; vise versa.&nbsp; I believe Rapala would have some success by offering color phases in their natural forage patterns.Braided line and a Sharpie are indeed a fisherman's friend.&nbsp; Per the topic and the brave skin diver's observation I like the red trebles and a lot of my ShadRaps have red lips.&nbsp; The Sharpie does a great job and seems to dye the plastic:&nbsp; It's probably a confidence deal but confidence catches fish.&nbsp; It's an ancient proverb and it's true.IMHO, there's two routes to go with line; invisibility or non-threatening. I currently choose the latter.&nbsp; &quot;My&quot; current MO of preserving the spool with a bbl swivel would lend itself to fluorocarbon.&nbsp; I haven't dabbled with fluoro as I don't trust ANY knot with current monolithic materiel and am enamored with the Palomar/Double Palomar due to tensile strength.&nbsp; The &quot;double&quot; is probably unnecessary but used for the swivel in both rings. Quality snaps are neat and allow quick presentation changes/knot changes to bait--all the way back to the swivel. It's better for the ego to have metal fail rather than knots or line.&nbsp; I hear flouro has superior abrasion resistance which is definitely an issue with braid and pike.&nbsp; These Buds make me feel like Mr. Jack and his .270.&nbsp; Instead of Mr. .270, I could be Lt Swivel.&nbsp; &quot;MY&quot; rig is easily modified to suit many needs as the swivel should NEVER touch the rod tip.&nbsp; Swivel back is the spool depth preservation like with a fly reel.&nbsp; It's a short rig unlike this post. On another thread I pooh pooed the effect of sunlight and I was wrong.&nbsp; I didn't consider bleaching.&nbsp; That's where the Sharpies come to play.&nbsp; Camouflage artfully.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="svnmag, post: 88236, member: 330"] I usually try to match the hatch or shock. Sometimes on an extremely dark sky day with light hissing rain (absolute favorite fishing weather) I'll go against the grain and throw the most gaudy-assed bait I have trying to "stir things up". I've had success with this ploy but more confidence in dark weather/water--dark lure; vise versa. I believe Rapala would have some success by offering color phases in their natural forage patterns. Braided line and a Sharpie are indeed a fisherman's friend. Per the topic and the brave skin diver's observation I like the red trebles and a lot of my ShadRaps have red lips. The Sharpie does a great job and seems to dye the plastic: It's probably a confidence deal but confidence catches fish. It's an ancient proverb and it's true. IMHO, there's two routes to go with line; invisibility or non-threatening. I currently choose the latter. "My" current MO of preserving the spool with a bbl swivel would lend itself to fluorocarbon. I haven't dabbled with fluoro as I don't trust ANY knot with current monolithic materiel and am enamored with the Palomar/Double Palomar due to tensile strength. The "double" is probably unnecessary but used for the swivel in both rings. Quality snaps are neat and allow quick presentation changes/knot changes to bait--all the way back to the swivel. It's better for the ego to have metal fail rather than knots or line. I hear flouro has superior abrasion resistance which is definitely an issue with braid and pike. These Buds make me feel like Mr. Jack and his .270. Instead of Mr. .270, I could be Lt Swivel. "MY" rig is easily modified to suit many needs as the swivel should NEVER touch the rod tip. Swivel back is the spool depth preservation like with a fly reel. It's a short rig unlike this post. On another thread I pooh pooed the effect of sunlight and I was wrong. I didn't consider bleaching. That's where the Sharpies come to play. Camouflage artfully. [/QUOTE]

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