Sunlight vs color

[ctom]

I've been shooting some small frys for my box lately and have been dinking with blues and what is locally referred to as "pro blue"....sort of a bluish smoke/blue hi lite concoction. Trans parent blues with glitter sure stand alone on days with bright sun or at high-noonish hours, but the pro blue has a handle on less bright daytime bites and that holds true for fish from sunfish to walleyes and saugers.

This morning I cooked up a batch of pro blue and as I was counting drops of my blue-smoke pearl to get things started the nozzle blocked and like a dork I squeezed a bit harder and , well, I got more than I needed. I'm sure this hasn't happened to anyone else thought, eh? So I split the batch, added more plastic and a couple drops of blue then added my big dollop of blue hilites and cooked it up. I had the thin pearl bellies hand poured in the mold so when my blue was ready I shot it and then did a few more molds-full. Afte I shot five molds in this color combo I walked out side with a few sitting on the mold to see what my creation looked like in the sun. Manhammers! What a change!



The transparent blue is obvious on the left of the pic. The pro blue, or what I thought would show the smokey grey- blue that was so apparent in the house, shows up as another almost blue blue. Inside, the same color appears as a steel grey/blue. Its almost the color of sharkskin in the water. I'm going to try another pic only inside to see if I can capture that cool color I see with inside lighting.

There's nothing wrong with either color and both will fit nicely in my small fry box. I just can't believe the color shift in the pro blue from inside to outside light. Wowsers. 

[ctom]

Here's another pic on the identical background only inside using available light. I think this shows the difference.



While the smokiness is more apparent here, the blue hi lites really get the blue to stand out. I think in bright light the hi lites, which are pretty strong in this mix, really come into play and reflect a ton of the blue light. Even in this pic the blue seems strong while in the hand these baits  look like the pro blue seen in advertising and in actual baits laid side by side for comparison.

It just never ceases to amaze me how the smallest amount of one component in a half a cup of plastic can have such a bold affect on the whole. Absolutely uncanny.

[Botanophilia]

Great baits as always!  I've been really digging lighter blues lately.  1 drop blue x2 in 4 oz of plastic is a nice color, I did a few grubs in that recipe.  It's a long wait to get on some water to try it out!  I think I'm going to have to hit you up for some jigheads this year Tom.