Mike, You said: The only credible proof would be if a fly designed according to your specifications caught better than some other fly in the same circumstances. I refer you to the words of the sage: This is another point which is relevant to this discussion. Assuming that these UV factors play a par...

roadkill, I have the following two photos of Hareline Ice Dub, but not Ice Dub UV Visible light http://overmywaders.com/images/IceVis.jpg UV http://overmywaders.com/images/IceUV.jpg Hareline will be putting notations in their next catalogue regarding the UV reflectance and UV fluorescence of many of...

Hello Otter, Scientists have a clear indication that trout have UV vision. Even the single scientist who believes that the UV-specific cones all become blue-specific indicates, as I quoted, that without any UV-specific cones, the trout still have UV vision. That is definitive enough for me; I can on...

First, Mike, why don't you address the issues I raised? That would seem fair. Then I will happily give you the examples you desire. It would seem that your assertions were clearly refuted with citations or photos. You may wish to rebut with the same, or admit a new understanding. That keeps the disc...

Hi Mike, Okay, we have the term reflectance in common. However, what I can't understand is that when you did an investigation of UV with a multitude of cameras, you came to the conclusion that: With regard to the reflectance itself, I found that the maximum UV reflectance coincided with the maximum ...

Hi Mike, It is not that I don't want to publish a lot of my book, it is that the matter of 'splainin' takes a lot of time. You are making a lot of assumptions. But first, let us agree on terminology. When I am saying UV reflectance, I mean UV diffuse reflectance. We see most objects by diffuse refle...

Hi Mike, I'll take your presentations in order: The newest studies indicate that adult trout can not perceive UV light. Also, even assuming these are wrong and trout can in fact perceive UV light ( although it would be better to call it "radiation", in my opinion, I think "light"...

Hi Mike Connor, it's been a long time since we've conversed. Jim S. thought I might like to participate in this thread, but by the time I was registered and legal, fourteen pages had been written. Perhaps we can discuss the matter of ultraviolet vision in trout in another thread; you seem to have fi...