I notice as the evenings turn to night before the twilight stage while the bass are feeding they seem to stop. It's as fast as throwing a light switch from on to off its that quick. Seeing this over and over I finally gave it some thought. I was using a Joe's fly in his 1/4 oz bass size inline spinner in the color called blackgnat. It has a silver blade with a black bucktail. I was catching small bass, fish after fish as the light was starting to change to dusk. I could still see good enough to change my lures. I took off the blackgnat and put on Joe's fly in fire tiger apache in the same size lure. I was back into catching bass again. I managed to land a few more

as it became darker. Then I was on the menu with the bugs so we left. But my gut feelings were right, that the fish are still there but they can't see our lures as the amount of light changes. Has anyone tried doing this?

I also used the Joe's fly 1/4oz fire tiger apache inline spinner on an over cast day in the very light rain. I caught 19 bass while standing in one spot on shore fan casting the whole place. What's your favorite color and lure on overcast days in the light rain?

Since some of my fishing spots are close to each other after having the success I talked about above here I stopped on the way home at another spot and using the same Joe's fly in fire tiger apache I caught two 2 1/2 to 3lb smallest and another bass about the same size but it was a large mouth in the same spot again in the light rain.

My point is I never seen nor caught a smallie in this spot, never in decades of fishing there.

I also noticed something we're not in control of but it happens with blade lures and spinnerbaits too. On the cast I notice the cup side of the blade will slap the water making this popping sound. It only makes this pop sound once. Every time this pop sound is heard I catch a fish. If I hold my rod tip straight up with a spinner bait the Colorado or Indiana blade will go to the right and to the left slapping the water making this same popping sound. Again it's attracts fish. Has anyone ever noticed this?

Have you ever took the time to change from natural colors to brighter colors as the light conditions change?

I'm not only out there to catch fish I want learn to what I can do different when conditions change too. We can make good of what can be a bad trip. The more we know how to react to changing conditions or rain and over cast days. Even in the low light conditions we still can catch fish by changing colors.

Remember it's skill in fishing not luck....

God bless bigbill

It's a fact that for whatever reason when it first turns dark, the bite shuts off or at least down a bit.  After it stays black for a while, it starts up again.  Cool that you figured something out that works!

The bass's eyes adjust to the change in the light conditions faster than the bait fish eyes do making them easy prey. I think the bass can see the brighter lure colors at this time much easier. So the bite will continue for a few more fish anyway.

I tried this when I was a kid. I used a UNCLE Josh white pork 4" trailer at dusk. Living near the ocean I think it was a saltwater UJ. I casted it out and used it like we use a swimbait today. I could see it in the dark being pulled every which way in the pond. I didn't have a clue as to what I was doing but the white color worked at dusk. Today I switch from a blackgnat inline spinner to a fire tiger apache Joe's fly. It works.