UV Lures Explained: What UV Reflectance Is and When It Actually Works
UV can help — but only when understood correctly. Covers what UV reflectance is, which fish can see UV, when UV lures work, and when they don’t.
UV can help — but only when understood correctly. Covers what UV reflectance is, which fish can see UV, when UV lures work, and when they don’t.
Fish see color differently than humans — rod cells detect motion and brightness, cone cells detect color in bright conditions. Understanding which visual system dominates in current conditions determines which color matters.
Water absorbs colors in a predictable order — red disappears first, blue and purple last longest. How depth and light affect soft plastic color visibility and what it means for color selection.