Silver & Gold

[jriad]

No not the timeless classic.....

The debate on which to use on sunny/overcast and clear/murky water. Talking spoon and spinners hear. Ive read many different things on when to use but I am still not finding concrete results.

Some say silver on sunny day is to bright.....other say silver on overcast reflects the gray clouds soits inneffective. Any opinions on this subject?

[nicemustang]

I don't relate the colors to sun/cloud at all but to water clarity. Clear water needs to be more natural where dirty needs to be more colored. So silver may be too flashy in a clear water situation. Although, I find it doesn't really matter much. If you're intent is to use a flash of any kind to attract fish (which are going to be active fish), then does it really make sense that something is "too flashy". I have a hard time believing that one myself. Usually the stikes are reaction strikes and it shouldn't matter.

I'm no expert though and will entertain any other thoughts.

[walleyechaser]

silver in clear, gold in muddy is a pretty good general choice. although often does not seem to matter

[Braun]

my personal opinion from my experience is that these theories are mostly hokey. Back when the bow was at about 4 inches visibility due to the extensive rain and high water was probably my most productive time with my natural color rapala. To add to the supposed handicap i often fished at night or in cloud cover. So murky water and low light and i was still getting action. Hell, I was getting more action on them then than I am now.

Although the theories do make sense. There was also a post a while back that showed a study about the cones in fish's eyes and at what depths each color can be visible. that was some good proof with the murky water theory but obviously there is a standard deviation with any data set. this is one of those things ive always wondered too.