what does the flake/flik do for an additive

[wallywallace]

i have green pumpkin dingers and do great with them, so i thought hey lets try somthing else, so i got to get a dif color and see all the added flik. one was the same color but called purple flik. i doubt the flakes add reflection, so just wondering what they do.

[Bassboss]

Add a little bit flash and color to the bait. If you look at a bream, and kinda shift it back and forth with the light, they have a sorta purple sheen to em.

[carolina-rig-01]

I read an interesting article a while back where Mike Iaconelli was talking about a day on the water in the late spring. He said that fry was think in the area and bass were feeding heavily on them but he was struggling to get bit. I don't remember what soft plastic bait he was using be he kept changing colors until he went to a color that had flake in it, again not sure of the color either but that isn't the point lol. He started catching fish and he credited it to the fact that rather than the fish actually keying in on the whole bait, they were seeing the flake as a school of fry and eating it. I am not saying that this is the only reason for flake because there are a lot of situations where it can be benificial, like when you are fishing clear water with high skies and need the extra glitter. But I did think that article put an interesting perspective on flake and another great use for it.

[Fish30114]

carolina-rig, I think that is exactly the point! The flake adds some flash and or color variation, which is what it's all about, it is simply amazing the difference a slight variation in color can make in fish hitting or not. For me it is more from one body of water to another as to a different color being more productive, but presenting a different look to the fish--meaning the one that pushes their buttons, is what it's all about.

I like a little more flake on clear and bright conditions, and a little darker without in stained water or cloudy conditions. EG, I fish a white/chartreuse buzz bait on clear water and any sun, dark or cloudy I fish a black on black, and same in stained water.

Sometimes, I think it's also what just looks cool to us, and we just KNOW those fish are gonna bite!! It's a confidence thing!

[wallywallace]

alright, i keep learning

[Bob Smith]

Here's some more food for thought. Down here in North Georgia I fish a lot of night tournaments on Lake Allatoona. For the most part it's either spinner batis, or shakey head finesse worms. There are nights where the fish want a black worm with the tail dipped in chartreuse (yup they'll bite the one with chartreuse over straight black). Even harder for me to figure out is on some nights when there is no moon or natural light on the water I can catch more fish with the watermelon candy finesse worm than anything else. I have seen this happen where I was catching 5:1 over my backseater who would be using a more subtle color.
My only theory is that fish see things we can't , even in the dark. I don't believe it is so much color as it is a shade or, in the case of different colors of flake, different variations of irredescence that triggers them.

[Marc David]

I just about only fish plastics with flake 99% of the time, for some reason that extra flash gives me more confidence in the bait I'm fishing.

[kennethdaysale]

I have been pouring my own plastics for years...most of the lakes/ponds (15-100 acres) I fish get almost no pressure. 99.9% of the LMB feed almost exclusively on Bluegill (brim) so I add a few specks of red (gills) just below the head and a few specks of chartruese in the belly and tail area, in a watermelon worm. I swear I usually outfish my boat buddy 3 to 1 using his store bought Zooms etc. I am convinced this goes far beyond just a confidence thing and actually triggers fish.
Ken