Cajun Red???

[JagMagMan]

Has anyone had any experience with the Cajun Red brand of fishing line? The red color is supposed to be vertually invisable under water, but highly visable to the caster!

[mauser06]

i thought it was red for the fish striking factor? how can it be invisible?? maybe im wrong.....but they make many neon lines that are made for visiblity.....gold.....neon green.....hot pink.......also berkly transition......it turns gold with the sunlight.....but its flourocarbon....and is supposta be REALLY close to invisible.....the normal berkly vanish does dissappear.....i saw them using transition on TV.......and it works.....above the water its gold...and below its invisible....looked like it worked to me....and when they would cast the burried line under what they casted was clear...then after a few seconds turned gold with hte light.........looks neat....never used the cajun.....read about it in....cabelas i think.....could sworn they said its red for fish striking blood..........

[JagMagMan]

Mauser, no the Cajun Red line is not for the fish striking factor. There are many new lures, and even red hooks that are supposed to imitate blood, causing the fish to strike more.
The Cajun Red line is for visibility. There have been many recent studies about how colors are seen under water. We even have a local guy who writes for a newspaper, and also for a couple of outdoor magazines. He has even done his own study on colors.
Red is the first color of the color spectrum that disappears in water. The greens, blues, and yellows, disapear at greater depths, and violet can be seen at the deepest!
as for the Cajun Red line, I think that I am going to try it the next time I load my reels.
Back to the color red, and the blood strike factor, I read an article the other day that seems to think that because the color red actually disapears in shallow water, that is why the blood baits seem to work so well! The red spots on lures, and hooks, are said to look like flashing lights, as the light strikes them under water, enticing the fish to strike.

[Deerslayer_37]

I havent used Cajun Red at all. i usually stick with the tried and true XT and some Power Pro moss green. Unless im fishing ultra clear water, clear mono seems to work great. however, pre spawn i used Vanish in the clearer water to get the finicky fish, and it worked pretty good. i thought its abrasion resistance was awesome, but its knot strength was poor. I basically fish Trilene XT because its abrasion resistant and it doesnt have a ton of stretch. I used XL every now and then on a spinning rod. My workhorse 7' MH rod is spooled with 14 lb XT and that gets it done. Unless i was fishing ultra clear water, i'd just as soon fish mono over flourcarbon because it handles so much better.

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[James B]

On the surface it can immatate blood but as stated it disappears in pretty shallow water. Color aside, It has proven to me to be a very tough and high quality line. I use it a lot. To start with it was cheaper than the other stndard lines. Up here the price is now about the same.