Root beer

Natural / translucent

The inshore and stained-water workhorse: a warm brown that matches shrimp and other bottom creatures.

That dark, translucent brown looks like the shrimp and bottom creatures fish root for, and it holds a natural silhouette in tannic, tea-stained water. It is at its best in stained systems over grass and mud, and it is a longtime inshore favorite, especially for redfish and trout.

Where Root beer shines

The conditions where it's the go-to color on the Sweets Sixteen (a filled pill), or a backup (an outline pill). Tap any condition to open that water's chart.

Freshwater Stained · bright sun

Inshore/Salt Stained · partly cloudy

Brackish Light stain · partly cloudy Stained · bright sun