I use Clear & Clear/Blue Fluorescent or a variation of that color for my fishing. Just a quick question on your preferences when it comes to fishing line color.
What Color Of Fishing Line Do You Prefer?
January 23rd, 2010 
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With the invention of Fluro I estimate it doesn’t really matter……..
I nearly always use either a Fluro line or a Fluro leader.
But, my main-line, (if it isn’t Fluro), is always green. Green line is the least observed by most fish……in my opinion.
I’ve tried Crystal, Clear/Blue, Smoke, Red, “Clear”, Etc and excellent ole green-tinted line smokes them all.
Since i fish for salmon in glacier colored fill up i use that green line moss green and the others that look like that but when the fill up clears up i use clear blue or just plain clear but i like the clear blue fluorescent.
I have tried Fluorocarbon but many seem to snap simple maybe from cold fill up but i also watch how i tie those that is a problem for that line also.
I also tried that camouflage line it has three or four different colors and it is fantastic that Suffix brand very strong 15X abrasion strong had a lot of luck using a heavy one for King salmon and a lighter one for additional smaller salmon.
I have a very vital philosophy based on simple judgment: “If I can see the line, so can the fish!” Since of that, and more than 50 years of experience, I prefer the clearest line I can find, and I also keep my line diameter to the thinnest I can use and still safely catch fish. No one despises to lose a huge fish or an expensive lure more than I do. I won’t go to the extreme in either direction. (You can lose a huge fish by using too heavy a line also when they see it and shy away from it.) I don’t tackle the bruisers with cobweb line, nor to I go on the assumption that the line weight has to equal or exceed the weight of the fish I pursue. I have spellbound a number of salmon up to an 18# King Salmon on 6# test and 25# carp on that same weight line. It is more about what you do with your rod and the reel’s drag setting than what weight your line breaks at. When I buy a new (or used) reel that comes with line installed, I nearly ALWAYS remove and replace the fluorescent and heavy lines in act of kindness of light-weight lines that are really clear. My motto in that regard? “Now you see it? Now you don’t!” Excellent luck and excellent fishing!
SPECIAL NOTE: I nearly forgot to give you one vital point. Unlike humans who’s eyesight deteriorates with age, it has been scientifically proven that the ability to see in fact improves as a fish gets older. Something to do with how the lens in the eye changes its concave features which result in the eye developing what amounts to a magnification of sorts. That would also account for why the larger (older) fish are so much more hard to fool and to catch. In the clear waters of Alaska, I have all too regularly seen huge fish approach a lure only to vear off at the very last moment when I probable them to hit it. Something “unnatural” turned them off. For that same reason, I rarely attach a lure frankly to my line with a snap swivel. If and when you need the swivel, attach it additional up the line like 4 feet or so from the lure. I also consider trading the LARGE trebel hooks of some of my lures for slightly smaller and less obvious ones, even adding feather or fur to the hooks so they more resemble fish fins than wire. It works for me.
i only use low-vis green blends excellent with any fill up situation. unless you can see the bottom of the lake in 20ft of fill up then go with clear. if your really interested in seeing what line will blend the best. take pot of lake fill up home with you place it in a clear glass and place a cut of line in it and see what color looks best to you.
I am currently using a white/green combo braided line by Berkley I believe and I like it. I can cast twice as far with this stuff and it’s super simple to unpick. And really strong. It will not snap and it’s in fact pretty tough to get through with scissors. I have to use a knife. If it gets snagged it’s gone. It’s called Brute Tough and, unfortunately, they don’t make it anymore so I snatched up the last couple spools they had. I’ll have to find something corresponding since I can’t see going back to anything else.
No color preference, just as long as it’s a excellent, strong, trustworthy line.
Or whatever’s on my reels.
rite now i have clear..but my favorite is a gold color since i can see it easily above fill up but its kind of disapears bottom a couple of feet
Depends on the type of fill up I’m fishing. Mostly I use clear or green mono by Stren. Leaders are always clear, mostly fluorocarbon.
Depends what im catching for.
Salmon: 50lb Green Braid Line “Hide in Weeds”
Bass: Normal Clear Line.
Pike: Blue fluorescent with a wire leader.
Others: Same as Bass.
I place on fireline crystal and spellbound a 28 inch walleye on the first cast. I was impressed with it.
Light green. Neon green in a way. Hope i help
clear so the fish cant see it and your lure looks moer natural
Clear,Clear-Blue
I have tried red but I really don’t like it at all.
all depends on what im fishing for and were im am fishing it
I don’t have a color on my Line. Although i suppose you could argue that it’s light/sky blue.
Clear/blue. It matches my eyes.