Diehard
thats really weird that you say that so it must be in the eyes because i can see the yellow bobbers at least twice as far as an orange top bobber so i guess every body will have to figure out the colors they see best on there own i guess that just goes to show dont believe everything you read/hear thats kinda interesting
I've noticed that for me - it all depends on the lighting conditions and the amount of glare on the water's surface. I recently started 'rolling my own' bobbers - I turn them out of balsa and paint them up myself. I've made bobbers with yellow tops, orange tops, green tops, and red tops. On a recent trip, my nephew (youngfishtyler) was using one of my bobbers with an orange top, while I fished the yellow top model. I could see my bobber more easily, despite them being the same size, with the same amount of top above the water line. That was on an overcast, but bright day, with a good amount of glare on the water's surface. During a bright, sunny summer's day, a darker bobber can be more visible, or a bright green one will show up better.
I guess it's one of those things to play around with. Model paint is pretty cheap, and you can mix your own custom colors/shades if you really want to go wild. I've become pretty fond of Tamiya's line of paints recently, when doing up my bobbers...
For first light bobber fishing, Putting a glow corkie above your bobber works good. Or so Im told. I like to sleep in lol
It would be awesome if you could do a write-up of your homemade bobbers in the homemade tackle section.