Larry is correct they see the outline or silloette, There was a well known angler down here Mick Burrell his name he sanded his pole down from brand new and painted it matt black to reduce the possibility of flashing from the sun, that reflection you get from high gloss poles.
Ha ha, thats what we used to do back in the 60's and 70's. I still use my 13ft Abu Match Rod on rivers and it still has the matt black on it as good as the day it was sprayed. We used to take the rings off, spray the rod and rewhip the rings back on. Those were the days when us keen ones used to make 95% of all our river floats as well. Still got some and they are just as good as the modern stuff!
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