"Great resourcing of materials"....

Way too many people toss plastic that still has a lot of life left in it. Blacks and dark greens have been colors to think about but by thinning down that browned stuff at a rate of about 50% with new plastic and some stabilizer a lot of nice natural colors can be whipped up using either some colorant, glitters or hi lite/pearl powders. Prior to thinning, the plastic I used here in the top color was an amber. It was crystal clear and not at all objectionable. Going right into it with glitter would have leant a nice amber brown for a crawfish patter. Had I been looking at it for a walleye color instead of one for crappies I would have left it as it was and hit it with glitter and some gold or orange or green hi lites.