RED i

Will Smith · Sep 9, 2008

While walking past the magazine section in morrisons today i noticed that there was a free gift of red line on the angling times. A couple of these spools had fell off so to prevent anyone tripping over them and making a claim for damages against morrisons i picked them up and put them in a safe place where they could do no harm. Is it any good ?

Grumpy Git @ · Sep 9, 2008

I picked up my copy of the AT today and also found a spool of said line taped to the front cover. Having read through the rag I found no reference to the line at all! Must be rubbish if they don't have a good word to say for it inside.

Well done on your thoughfulness for the danger to Morrisons patrons and the saving of millions in legal costs /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

Wobbly Face (As Per Ed) · Sep 9, 2008

Nice one Will. I will still be able to get cheep sprats as they won't have to increase their prices due to legal fees.

Morespiders · Sep 9, 2008

Will my boy, most likley the people that bought AT didnt want it and undid the tape and discarded the line,

Sat near a bloke on the Ribble two weeks ago, he was using red line, he didnt catch anything, but as a matter of fact neither did I./forum/smilies/nerd_smiley.gif

james j · Sep 9, 2008

Im from Yorkshire. If it cost nowt,it`ll do alreet

Will Smith · Sep 9, 2008

I,m having a couple of hours on the ribble in the morning to see if my new red line scares the chub. I,ll be taking bread and cheese. I can,t make up my mind what to take for the chub though./forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gif

Grumpy Git @ · Sep 9, 2008

Might I suggest a nice tuna mayo sandwich for the chub?

Wobbly Face (As Per Ed) · Sep 9, 2008

Read the thread posted by Morespiders, it will tell what not to do and who not to take.

Andy M · Sep 9, 2008

Don't eat tuna. Endangered species - all of them!

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · Sep 9, 2008

Is this Redi stuff just an 'Emperor's New Clothes' jobby or what?

I just bought the AT. Stuck the red line in a bowl of water and it stands out like a sore thumb!

Am I missing the 'science bit'? - quite easy to do as they don't print a science bit.

Did I read somewhere that the fish can't see red?

If so that blows away red baits, which they seem to like alot.

MJ · Sep 10, 2008

It makes me laugh. Fish apparently cant see red, ok fair enough. But that doesnt make the line invisible! It just means that the fish will be seeing some other colour instead of red. Maybe they see it is a black, or grey, or bright blue!

It could set off a new fashion - carp anglers all sat on the bank in matching red jumpsuits like something out of Baywatch!

Think I'll be sticking to flourocarbon

NIGE K · Sep 10, 2008

i think it has to be in a certain depth of water to refract the light which is when the fish are not supposed to see thered. but i do think it would just change to a different colour under water possible black.

Phil Lambert · Sep 10, 2008

Got mine too. If my memory serves, didn't Matt Hayes promote the red line being sold via his Total Fishing Gear label?

I seem to remember talk thatred disappears first from the spectrum once under water but I can't reconcile that with why red pellets, red luncheon meat or even my home made red boilies on occasions outfish other colours - presumably because they stand out. Is line supposed to stand out? If so, I've got it horribly wrong. I suppose red line could reduce the number of line bites as the fish disappear to the other end of the lake as soon as you cast in!!!!

I honestly can't think of an application for this stuff. Haven't we just sent a probe to discover life on Mars - the Red Planet?Best they discover a nice red chalkstream with a red gravel bottom full of redMartian chub. We could then all send our red line to NASA. Sorted.

Ray Roberts · Sep 10, 2008

I was going to give it a go, but some bu**er seems to have liberated it.

Nathan · Sep 10, 2008

I thought about the red line and one thing i considered was that if red was indeed the first colour to disappear under water then could it be that red baits aren't really seen & the fish are just picking up on the food signal?

It doesn't make any sense to me but then again i'm not a fish.

If red really does disappear as we've been told then how/why do red lures seem to do so well?

Dicky (Angling Trust PAC) · Sep 10, 2008

Looks like Matt Hayes is trying a spot of rebranding to try to shift the stuff.

I'll be using mine... but only for stop knots/ marker knots.

There's been a lot of debate on FM before about red line, see HERE

The general consensus if I remember rightly is that it might work, not because it is invisible (it isn't), but because it sticks out like a sore thumb.

slime monster · Sep 10, 2008

mines in the bin, red is more invisible than clear line........ hogwash !

no line is invisible to fish via their lateral line.

trev (100M bronze) · Sep 10, 2008

<blockquote class=quoteheader>Will Smith wrote (see)</blockquote><blockquote class=quote>

While walking past the magazine section in morrisons today i noticed that there was a free gift of red line on the angling times. A couple of these spools had fell off so to prevent anyone tripping over them and making a claim for damages against morrisons i picked them up and put them in a safe place where they could do no harm. Is it any good ?</blockquote>

so you nicked them then !!

its not worth the hassle for a few spools of line, and its crap line at that, i had a length of it in a glass of water on my desk for the past two days and i can still see it.

Doesnt Matt Hayes advocate the use of red line ?

Neneman Nick · Sep 10, 2008

I was rather dissapointed that it was the thinner high tec stuff instead of normal thickness type mono.I was hoping totest some out on my forthcoming chub campaign.

Apart from hooklength material,fished "layed on the bottom"or as a main line for waggler fishing,i can`t see it beingany real use for myself.If it floats,then it may be ok loaded onto a pin reel??? it`s thin diameter mightease the problem of bedding in???

The late John Ledger advocated the use of high tec type lines for float fishing to me as a main line.He told me he brought it in bulk spools..."twice the strength but half the thickness" he said.

Ihave been watching a carp fishing dvd reccently where i have noticed anglers using a multitude of different coloured lines and probably braids as well......they have caught plenty of fish.

Is it all just another gimmick,designed to catch the angler rather than the fish???

I wont be buying any,i`ll stick with what i already have.

captain carrott · Sep 10, 2008

we had a discussion on the realtive transmittance of differing frequencies of light through water on here a couple of years back. it went on for pages and pages untill i'd managed to explain to (steve ithink) what the theory behind it was and why it was hogwash. if anyone would care to do a search for it.

RED i

New member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Senior Member

New member

New member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Senior Member

New member

Well-known member

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Senior Member