Trout and Color

[salmo]

I saw this on YouTube and immediately thought of Troutbert. It’s a little dense. I’m going to watch it again.

 

[salmo]

Troutbert has been a advocate of adding green to any dubbing blend.

 

[Tigereye]

Interesting. But what makes a trout identify something as food. Most aquatic nymphs/ larvae fall in the range of olive brown through dark brown. Something off that color spectrum certainly will stand out and be noticed (hot spots?) Does size shape and movement then close the deal? Sort of like a prey animal losing it's camo being the first to be eaten?

 

[wildtrout2]

Interesting. But what makes a trout identify something as food. Most aquatic nymphs/ larvae fall in the range of olive brown through dark brown.

I'd think that would depend on the time of year and what food options are available at that time?

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

Interesting. But what makes a trout identify something as food. Most aquatic nymphs/ larvae fall in the range of olive brown through dark brown. Something off that color spectrum certainly will stand out and be noticed (hot spots?) Does size shape and movement then close the deal? Sort of like a prey animal losing it's camo being the first to be eaten?

Watch any videos you can find from Wendel "Ozzie" Ozefovich.

Trout will sit in a lie and sample food looking items as they come by. Some obvious non-food materials get rejected. Wood, plant matter, plastics, etc. But not all. I've seen stomach pump contents that include some non-food items, so they clearly ingest some. My theory is that as a specific food item becomes more common in the water flow the trout "learn" that the shape/color/taste is food and concentrate on that item as it minimizes wasted energy. Once the "hatch" recedes, the trout go back to sampling anything that resembles food.

 

[Tigereye]

I once gutted a stockie that was chock full of hemlock needles. Green and roughly the size of free living caddis.

 

[troutbert]

Troutbert has been a advocate of adding green to any dubbing blend.

I don't recall saying that. But I do advocate the color green for green inchworm patterns when you see green inchworms around.

It would be interesting to tie the inchworm pattern in a shade of gray that has about the same degree of darkness/lightness and see if the trout hit is as readily as they do the green inchworm.

If anyone tries that, please let us know the results.

 

[dudemanspecial]

Interesting stuff. I question if a trout's brain processes the information from their eyes the same way we do?

 

[Tigereye]

Interesting stuff. I question if a trout's brain processes the information from their eyes the same way we do?

Their brain is the size of a pea. I recon that it processes information much like alot of people in this world.😁