Hi, I've just started fishing so I go with my brother who takes time to show me the ropes. Yesterday we was watching me and suddenly told me to watch out, a fish was about to take my lure. I said "what fish ??".

I've coped with being colour blind in my job fine (engineer). The colours I have trouble with are green, brown, blue and red. I see water differently to most people as well as fields and lots of other thing. 'Grassy fields to me are brown, mostly'.

So locating a fish in water with a brown and green backdrop can be difficult. My brother suggested polorised glasses.

For the time being I am casting to where the fish are rising and waiting till I feel something.

I would love to here if anybody has the same problem, or if anybody has any advise for me.

Cheers
Allan

Polorized glass will help you to define shapes but not colour.


BK

If your fly fishing you should always wear glasses and the best to cut glare off water are Polaroids, so go get a pair asap.
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It is probably because he knows what to look for that he is able to tell rather than the fact that you are colour blind and presumably he isn't. Experience always tells in the end.

If you're fishing a stillwater and there's a ripple you're better off casting about 10ft directly up-wind of a rise. Trout move up-wind to feed and will intercept your fly, most of the time, if it's directly in their path.

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Don't you just hate them colour blind tests, the ones with circles with dots in, where every else pretends they can see numbers that are blatantly not there!

My colour vision is bad and I have problems differentiating shades, but don't have a problem with seeing shape/shadow of fish in water. I'd imagine it could even work in your favour when dry fly fishing as many people lift into fish too early.

Polarized glasses are a must have but their effectiveness still depends on light conditions. I tend to go for the sandstone lenses as they seem better in low light.

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I have trouble distinguishing different shades of close colours which i think sometimes mean guys I'm fishing with will point out a fish i haven't noticed. I've found the best thing to do is avoid focusing on one spot and look for general movement, de-focus if you like,use the peripheral vision around the area you would normally focus on and you will pick up subtle movements.Jon

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Polorised glasses will help by allowing you to see through the surface of the water. Although you are colour blind, the shape/shadow of a fish approaching your fly will be seen just as clearly as someone that isn't colour blind i would imagine?

In any case, there are lots of occasions where the water is coloured and doesn't allow anyone to clearly watch the fish approaching.. and of course when you are fishing sub surface, at depth, you cannot see the fly anyway!

My personal oppinion is that learning to feel the take is very important, you will not go far wrong if you can detect subtle takes.. I reckon this is more important than seeing the fish.

For dry fly fishing, colour blindness shouldn't make any difference to your fishing success? You will see the shadow of the fish approaching, you will see the take as the fish disturbs the surface and/or your fly. You can also pick a post colour that suits you best when fishing with klinks etc...
You will see the 'flash' of the fish as it turns in the water. . etc etc.. etc..

Enjoy your fishing.. Adapt your style if needed, learning to 'feel' for the fish is not a downside, its a skill worth learning.

Allan, correct me if i'm wrong, but being colour blind shouldn't affect your fishing one iota? if you wear polaroids, (please do) all it does was cut the glare from the water's surface, allowing you to see in. you would then be able to see the fish just as clearly against the lake bed whether you see it as blue, green, brown or whatever

Remember polaroids work best on smaller, shallower venues when there's little ripple or other surface disturbance. they won't help you (as much) in broken water or when there's a big chop on the surface.

I also have the red green brown deficiency without the blue though. Its more common in men than women and is supposed to be a genetic hand-down so maybe your grandfather might have been colourblind also as it can skip generations. you can buy special colour correction glasses, but they are way expensive so I've just put up with it. I can be pulling out of a junction and not see the red car that has merged into the green hedgerow, I only knew it was red because my mate in the passenger seat was screaming 'watch out, the red car' at which point I utter the words 'whoops where did that come from' as it skimmed past a mm from my paintwork...............