Northwest Fishing Magazine May 2025 Volume 4 Issue 7 - Flipbook - Page 33
While your sound
generating machine is
working, your kokanee
has been drawn close
enough so that the colors
and contrasts are within
its sight window. A curious
thing happens at this point.
Having been drawn to the
sound, the kokanee will
see a particular color and
contrast sequence. Once
seen, this color and contrast
sequence effectively
imprints the kokanee with
that combination, even if
briefly. If your dodger and
the upfront beads and
spinner are of the same
color and contrast, you
increase that imprinting.
And if your lure is of the
same color and contrast,
then you give the kokanee
a target that it does not
fear. That is why it is
absolutely critical that your
dodger setup and the lure
be matched.
The lure is making short
field vibrations and adding
color and contrast, and
adding scent.
So now you have the
complete picture. Far field
vibrations attract, short
field vibrations and colors
in consistent vital contrast
imprint the kokanee and
provoke the strike.
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