Mark Rose’s winning custom color

Check out “Rose craw.” He doesn’t call it that, but I do. Here’s what his main bait looked like before he doctored it:

And here’s the doctored one he fished:

Told me:

> “I think one of the best muddy-water colors is chartreuse and brown, but I like to add red to it. I take the fat part of my pointing finger, and smudge a little red along the back shoulders of the bait. Then I take a sharpie and make a little crawfish pattern — basically a spring craw pattern.”

And that’s “Rose craw.”