will bright line color scare snook?

[JSeamans]

I want to put on a floater for my FLA trip and knew I had some unused line in the basement. I found a WF9 but it's a bright charteuse and I'm worried that may be enough to spook the fish in skinny water. Think it makes a difference and I should get tan or pale blue or green? On the other hand, this spool I already paid for...

[BobG]

I don't see the color of the line making an appreciable difference? I used Orvis Wonderline for years, which is pretty much the same color you've described. Providing you use a long bonefish leader, and don't cast directly directly over cruising fish, and keep your presentation as delicate as possible, you'll do fine.
It's more things like a poor, sloppy presentation, and one too many false cast which causes skinny water fish to spook.

[Onshore]

I agree with Bob but, I've only been fishing for Snook successfully since last June. I've caught many and some well over the high end jof the slot-limit on an off-white floating line. I've also caught some (not as many) on an intermediate clear line.

I'm sure others will disagree but in many, many years of fishing for other species (especially if you post this on the Florida Forum) I have never found the color of a floating line to affect my fishing.

[browndog]

I'm not sure if it helps or not but I use a black majic marker to darken bright fly lines. I color about 20 ft. of line, figure it can't hurt.

[JSeamans]

I'm sure others will disagree but in many, many years of fishing for other species (especially if you post this on the Florida Forum) I have never found the color of a floating line to affect my fishing.

Good idea, FLA anglers, what say you?

[Soundking]

Depending on where you are fishing, snook are retarded. If you are fishing on the gulf coast in the sticks, color is totally irrelevent. You are making 40 foot casts with super-tight loops and one back cast. It's full-contant trout fishing. If you are fishing the beachfronts for surf snook, it helps to fish a bit longer leader, but nothing absurd. So, in my opinion, it is a total non-issue.

[JSeamans]

Thanks for the feedback, y'all just saved me the cost of a new line. --127-3-

[sweet+salt]

Just make sure your old basement line isn't some dried-out, limp, cold weather line that will go un-shootably gooey on you in the FL heat. Far more relevant than color is the line's ability to turn over a good leader with a tight loop to present your fly into the dark mangrove pockets where your snook is waiting in ambush. A new bonefish taper is a lot less costly than disappointment in your tackles' performance once your on a boat out in a beautiful angling environment.

[flyfishsalt]

like J.J. said, in the middle of the day the only line I have any luck with is the clear intermediate or intermediate tip when fishing really shallow. In the backcountry in shallow muddy or dark water we use all colored floaters. I find the way that they land is more important. I often times use a quiet taper 8 weight line on an eight weight rod. Where as with stripers I use a 10 weight line on a 9 weight rod because it can cast better in the wind and it does matter when it plops down hard into the water. In the backcountry a bad plop can spook the fish right out.

[lemaymiami]

My main concern for fly lines in the backcountry is durability, provided the line will also function in high temperature situations... My current favorite is an ordinary "bass bug" taper by SA. If you're going to be pounding the bushes for snook, reds and other critters that hang out in bad places you're going to tear up lines. It's a bit disheartening to have ruined a brand new high dollar line on oysters, barnacles, or other nasty sharp edged things - the first time out....

The one item I would want along to go with that floating line is an intermediate line since there are times when a floater just won't do... It will greatly extend your ability to present that fly where fish might actually be.

[En Fuego]

No it wont. I have even used the rio glo in the dark line(dont). Use a 9 ft. leader and add 2ft of 30lb Seagar fluorcarbon. If they still are spooked its not because of the color of the fly line.