I have read articles in magazines about studies done on the way steelhead see colors. I keep hearing that steelhead can't see pink, but I wonder how that is possible since it is one of the best colors to sucker them with. If they can't see pink, then what does the color pink look like to them? I have also heard rumors that fish can't feel pain either. Is there any truth to this. If you stuck a hook in the lip of any other living creature on earth, I'm sure that they would feel pain. So why doesn't a fish? If they can't feel pain, then how do you explain why a steelhead will sometimes jump instantly after being hooked? I don't think it is because the hook in their lip feels good.