Yea, I don't think the buzzbait color matters too much. I watched a couple of George Cochran videos where he would tweak the blades with more cup for a slower speed in the mornings and used darker Buzzbaits, as the day progressed, he would flatten out the blades a tad to make it faster and use a white color. Pretty sure he liked a long rod with a medium tip to delay the hookset a little. I'm a walk the dog guy mostly but have had my tail handed to me sometimes on the river with guys throwing buzzbaits.