i run mostly natural colors in clear waters also. the exception being firetiger because its good anywhere, anytime, but id still say its second to my black/silver usage. that is on the average day. up in the Q i cant seem to get 'hot flash' off my line though, that color pattern is dynamite, however, it seems to be increasingly difficult to find. i managed to find one in a clearance bin at fleet farm, a 15 footer to pair with my 20 fter that has lost quite a bit of paint over the years. the closest pattern to 'hot flash' seems to be the trout one...  'moss shiner' is one of the newer paint jobs and it outfished me this year in on our trip in much less experienced hands. the guy barely fishes at all, so i gave him pick of my box and he sniped the moss shiner shad body x rap and it didnt leave his rod, and that is with countless trout and pike trying to liberate it.

interestingly enough, both have rattles, but the difference is interesting. the tail dancer has one medium size bead in perpendicular to retreive rattle chamber and the x rap has a large multiple bead parallel chamber.