Yman: the best advice I can give you is yes stick to your lighter and more natural colors in clear water and your darker colors in dirty water. But sometimes you need to think outside the box to get these fish. So try dark colors in clear water as well. The rules are not set in stone and doing something different will always give you the rewards. For example. The Rod and Marine bass challenge that was held on Sunday. The water was not the cleanest but instead of using dark colors I used white and chartreuse senko’s and Mad melon which are all light colors. So yes use the standard rule when fishing for bass but don’t chuck the dark colors out when water is clear. I have even used black and blue senko’s when site fishing when water is extremely clear and nothing else worked.