(Be sure to click through all the images in the gallery above.)"Why is your line pink?” I joked to a fishing buddy years ago.“It used to be red; I never would have picked pink braid!” he snapped back quickly.The truth is, he isn’t the only angler to experience “faded-braid syndrome” over the past decade. Symptoms include seeing a dramatic change in polyethylene line (spun from strands of Dyneema or Spectra), with reds turning to pinks, yellows reverting to whites, and dark greens waning to lime.Since anglers discovered the fading, line companies have been proactive, spurred by anglers’ buying habits. New, different proprietary techniques are now used by manufacturers to get as much lasting color out of their line as possible.No single color of braided line has ever proved to cause fish to bite more readily, but that shouldn’t ...![colored-braid-1]()
