Was on Amazon down a rabbit hole of different fishing stuff they might have and got to wondering.
What’s the deal with fishing bead prices in comparison to say, jewelry beads of the same diameter? Outside of internal and external diameters, what makes the ones from our LTS (local tackle shop), more expensive than the ones you can get off say, Amazon or from Hobby Lobby that are advertised for jewelry?
I use glass beads either way, just in case a point is brought up about plastic vs glass beads.
I’ve used them for slip corks too, but mainly for Carolina rigs. The glass “clanks” the brass or tungsten weights.
Usually I stick to a mixture of black/grey and clear. Try to give it a “mullet” shine as that’s what I fish with mostly, but I will use any color really, if I can’t find what I’m looking for. Always glass though. Never plastic.
I bought a big pack about 10 yrs ago from craft store for about nothing & i probably have 500 to 1000 left. All colors, from what i can tell fish don’t seem to care.
agree. I use the orange or green plastic ones for my pre-made carolina rigs. I never thought about trying to find silver or something that blends in. I wonder if it matters.
I’ve always been told Blue in offshore and red inshore. ? Bill Dance says it’s more about contrast and movement and not color. I like white in murky water. Which is why the old White braid thread made me chuckle. Always been told Green line is the best to use for all around invisibility.
According to science red is the first color that disappears from human sight under water at certain depths if I remember correctly that was Shakespeare’s sales gimmick for Cajun Red the first red mono I’d ever seen