Understanding Water & Color

Lots of discussion on various boards over the year on red line, red hooks, solar/yellow line, lure colors, etc. Thought it might be appropriate for a real good overview on the subject of color frequencies, filtering, optical properties of water and vision. I came across these fine articles that have a nice balance of both technical and non-technical info on the subject. Certainly not scientific journal articles but much more detailed than run-of-the-mill fishing articles. You'll be way ahead of most after reading and understanding these.

• "What is Hydrologic Optics?" by SERC's Phytoplankton Lab
• "Colour in the Fishes Eye" by Max Garth (from Sexyloops)
• "Colour in the Fishes Eye - The Light (part 2)" by Max Garth (Sexyloops)