Northwest Fishing Magazine May 2025 Volume 4 Issue 7 - Flipbook - Page 31
at depth are those NOT
ordinarily seen at depth.
And that is exactly the
effect you want. Your setup
will be out of the ordinary,
and kokanee will focus on it
in the near field.
VITAL CONTRAST
Using fluorescent materials
is not the only way to
get your setup noticed.
Remember that you are
after contrast, or what I call
vital contrast. Vital contrast
can be obtained by using
different fluorescent
colors next to each other
or spaced in such a way
as to create the illusion
of not being connected.
Components that contrast
with themselves will stand
out even more in dull
watery depth. Contrast is
the enemy of camouflage.
Contrast is the betterdeveloped part of kokanee
vision and encompasses
about 10 times larger visual
window area than does
color. The color window
is directly in front of the
kokanee, but contrast is
not only seen in front, it is
seen up, down, sideways,
and backwards. Contrast
vision overlaps color vision.
Effectively presented, color
is a great contrast. When
color and contrast are
effectively presented, color
and contrast are in front
of the kokanee to see and
react to them. This allows
the kokanee to put its
mouth where the color is,
which is pretty much what
you want!!
GLOWS
There is another fantastic
way to achieve this vital
contrast at depth, and that
is the use of glows. Glows
are termed phosphorescent
(or luminescent) as they
