“It is possible it may be only a fancy that one colour is of more consequence than another; yet sometimes the pleasing of the fancy does so much enliven and encourage the fisherman, that it makes him the more active and laborious, and so by that means is the occasion of all his sport, and if his fancy divert him another way, he will take the less care and pains in his present pastime.”
Robert Nobbes
~1682~
Mr Nobbes saw in 1682 that anglers easily get caught to a limited selection of colours and that was when only a fraction of choice was available compared to modern patterns, shapes, sizes and styles were available.
We have an ubundence of choice nowadays, are you making the most out of the contents of your tackle box?