Maybe it's the lighting, but I'd like the stripe to be more pink. It looks more flesh-colored to me and doesn't stand out in the pic very well. Probably looks different in hand though, my baits always do. As is, it's a nice bait anyway; I'd use it! Also really like the Kokanee, and I can picture that with a stripe in it too. Pink, green, black... any number of colors would look fantastic. Smallmouth looks as good as any natural bait... a very likely producer and I'd love it on the river I fish.