Plug color importance?

[JHABS]

Always Start with White, White at NIGHT , I'm Sure a few will chime in on this .

[luds]

Originally Posted by JHABS

Always Start with White, White at NIGHT , I'm Sure a few will chime in on this .

I always start w/ white and or black and purple. There are a few places that Chartreuse or yellow always works well so I usually start with them but that is rare.

[rphud]

Here' a list of some from people I have had info on from down NJ way:

Smokey Joe (black/silver-gray/white)
Moss Back (dark green/white)
School Bus (black/yellow with black stripes/yellow)
Chicken Scratch (yellow/white)

I noticed two of my favorites from Karl F.: yellow with red head and white with red head (mostly for surface things).

One thing I have been pondering lately is how much the fly guys rely on chartruese over white, and how much they don't match up with lure colors.

[NarragansettBil]

Neons in the fall

[Swimmer]

Great article in OTW this month by Charlie Soares on this. Not to mention that our own #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& had another great read this month also. I think most of the colors schemes are to catch our eye and not the fhish's eye. We all agree on this, which is amazing.

[Canalman]

Skpop, I think I can picture that.

So what I've gotten from this so far is that

#1 Durability is Key
#2 Old Stand By Colors are still reigning supreme
#3 Blurple is preffered over black by most
#4 White and Yellow/White are far and away the most popular
#5 Natural Colors are important, but only suggestions of nature, no need to replicate the olive hues under a herrings eyes while softly replicating the hues from blue to pink to gold on it's body .
#6 metroblurple will be in the new color lineup this year.

Anything I missed? Any other suggestions?
-Dave