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"A Few Years Ago While Talking To A Few Of My Fellow Striper Guides I Was Awakened To The Importance Of Lateral Lines On Bait Fish. I Had Already Put Lateral Lines On My Bait Fish Patterns But Never Thought Of Them As An Important Part Of My Flies It Was More An Attractive Element. Furthermore, I Never Even Called Them Lateral Lines - I Would Call Them Cheeks Or Gills. After Talking With My Peers - Who Had Already Figured Out That Lateral Lines Were A Very Definitive Component Of Most Bait Fish - I Started Looking At A Lot Of The Bait That I Was Imitating With My Flies. What I Found Was Most Of The Bait That I Was Representing Had What I Call Hard Or Dark Lateral Lines - And Even The Ones That Don'T Had A Flash Or Sheen That Divided The Fish Or Color Pallet Of The Fish. When I Started Adding Hard Black Or Purple Uv'Ish Flash To My Flies I Found It Made A Huge Difference In How The Flies Fished - Especially In Clear Water And High Sun Conditions. From That Came The Hardline Baitfish In Two Colors. One The Standard Oliver With A Hard Black Lateral Line And The Chad (Shad) Color With A More Purple Sheen.