Where do orange, yellow and glow fit in smallmouth colour choice?

As accents, not themes. Smallmouth have red- and green-tuned cones and live in clear water, where subtle, natural finishes pass inspection. Orange belongs because crayfish carry it: a touch of orange on a tube, the claw tips of a craw or a few jig strands matches the real animal and sits toward the red end of what the fish separates. Yellow arrives through forage — the gold-yellow of a perch pattern where young perch are on the menu — and as a brighter accent in tannic water; a solid loud yellow in clear water tends to draw follows rather than bites. Glow has no real place: even the night niche for smallmouth runs on black baits and heavy thump. If the water is clear, think crayfish, goby, perch and smelt first.

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