Hi Mark I am reading a very old canal fishing book and the author recons a Green top to help when other colours don’t work in dappled water. Like yourself I make floats because I cannot find any that suits. I have made some with luminous green tops but have yet to try them. TBH I can’t see them working on a river but they maybe OK on still waters. I will try them when the wether gets better and let you know.
A friend of mine says he can only see yellow tips on floats. I've had to make some pole rigs up for him by changing from the orange to yellow. I had too many red and orange tips in my box, but I too am adding more yellow tips myself. I have tried black, white, and even green tips, but they don't work as well in my view.
Someone I know can't see red floats due to red/green colour-blindness and has to use yellow floats. I do well with black tips on wholly white water which is common on parts of bigger rivers like the Thames and Trent, and on this particular stillwater on some swims.
On a golf course your background is usually green so a red post might be difficult to see by someone with red/green colour blindness. Spotting a float is more complex; big sky open water appears white hence a black-tipped float is often easiest to see.
@@MarkWintleFishing I do have a Benny Ashurst stick float with a black tip, the only one of three I bought in the early 1970s. I guess it's still there because I didn't use it much, but black does a have a role to play. It's just not that often for me.
Hi Mark I am reading a very old canal fishing book and the author recons a Green top to help when other colours don’t work in dappled water. Like yourself I make floats because I cannot find any that suits. I have made some with luminous green tops but have yet to try them. TBH I can’t see them working on a river but they maybe OK on still waters. I will try them when the wether gets better and let you know.
Whilst I'm sure green will work it doesn't look right!
A friend of mine says he can only see yellow tips on floats. I've had to make some pole rigs up for him by changing from the orange to yellow. I had too many red and orange tips in my box, but I too am adding more yellow tips myself. I have tried black, white, and even green tips, but they don't work as well in my view.
Someone I know can't see red floats due to red/green colour-blindness and has to use yellow floats. I do well with black tips on wholly white water which is common on parts of bigger rivers like the Thames and Trent, and on this particular stillwater on some swims.
I made us some marker posts for golf. According to the experts when choosing colour yellow is the best colour to see in most light by most people
On a golf course your background is usually green so a red post might be difficult to see by someone with red/green colour blindness. Spotting a float is more complex; big sky open water appears white hence a black-tipped float is often easiest to see.
@@MarkWintleFishing I do have a Benny Ashurst stick float with a black tip, the only one of three I bought in the early 1970s. I guess it's still there because I didn't use it much, but black does a have a role to play. It's just not that often for me.
Thanks for an interesting video Mark . Do you use gloss or mat black on your floats ? I have mostly found that mat black is more visible.
Matt black seems best.