Trout Senses – Are Trout Color Blind?
Trout Senses – Are Trout Color Blind?
Observant anglers can learn a great deal about how trout use their senses to find food and avoid predators. For example, it’s obvious that trout have excellent, because they are quickly “put down” by any sudden movement. Once spooked, they are nearly impossible to catch for a considerable time.
Savvy trout anglers understand the importance of keeping low to stay out of the trout’s “window” of vision. Because of the way light rays entering the water are bent, trout can see a much wider area above the surface than you would expect.
The trout’s keen vision is evident to any fly fisherman who has been frustrated because his fly was not the same size or color as that of the insect on which the trout were feeding.
A trout’s color-vision capability is also apparent to anglers who use “hardware.” There are times, for instance, when the fish ignore a plain silver spoon. But if you attach a small piece of fluorescent orange tape, they greedily attack it.
Anglers walking the bank of a trout stream know that a heavy footstep has pretty much the same effect on trout as a sudden movement. Trout detect the vibrations using their well-developed lateral-line sense, consisting of a network of sensitive nerve endings along their side.
The fact that trout have a good sense of smell is evident if you watch how they react to odor-producing bait such as fresh salmon eggs. The eggs emit a milky colored scent trail, which the trout quickly detect and follow to the source.
We hope this gives you a better understanding of trout senses and why color is important when fishing.
Thanks to the North American Fishing Club for the use of this article. You can find out more about the club and what it has to offer by visiting this link:
http://www.FishingClub.com/
Tight Lines,
Duke
Observant anglers can learn a great deal about how trout use their senses to find food and avoid predators. For example, it’s obvious that trout have excellent, because they are quickly “put down” by any sudden movement. Once spooked, they are nearly impossible to catch for a considerable time.
Savvy trout anglers understand the importance of keeping low to stay out of the trout’s “window” of vision. Because of the way light rays entering the water are bent, trout can see a much wider area above the surface than you would expect.
The trout’s keen vision is evident to any fly fisherman who has been frustrated because his fly was not the same size or color as that of the insect on which the trout were feeding.
A trout’s color-vision capability is also apparent to anglers who use “hardware.” There are times, for instance, when the fish ignore a plain silver spoon. But if you attach a small piece of fluorescent orange tape, they greedily attack it.
Anglers walking the bank of a trout stream know that a heavy footstep has pretty much the same effect on trout as a sudden movement. Trout detect the vibrations using their well-developed lateral-line sense, consisting of a network of sensitive nerve endings along their side.
The fact that trout have a good sense of smell is evident if you watch how they react to odor-producing bait such as fresh salmon eggs. The eggs emit a milky colored scent trail, which the trout quickly detect and follow to the source.
We hope this gives you a better understanding of trout senses and why color is important when fishing.
Thanks to the North American Fishing Club for the use of this article. You can find out more about the club and what it has to offer by visiting this link:
http://www.FishingClub.com/
Tight Lines,
Duke
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