Comeback

[Mark Kranhold]

This is a little bug I tied up called the Comeback fly. You ever get the pluck or pull of a fish and no take, go back and swing through and nothing! I have found if you switch flies to something smaller and sparse and swing through the same zone you get the player!
The Comeback fly

[David Lee]

Beautiful Fly !!

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[J.E.M. Hull]

Looks great !

What do you use to finish the head?

[Mark Kranhold]

J.Hull, Sally Hansen hard as nails. It's a women's nail finish, easy to use and cheaper than the rest.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

This is what I heard years ago:

If you are coming down a run, swinging a fly for Steelhead and you get a pluck but no hook up, you stop, wade back upstream maybe 50 feet, light up a cigarette, put on a smaller fly that is a different color. Then come back down the run, cast, swing down, retrieve, take 4 to 5 steps down and cast again. When you get to the fish it should take you smaller, different looking fly.

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[Smitty Fish]

That's a nice one Mark! Love those colors.

[cyama]

That is a great looking fly!! Is it possible you can post the recipe. I think I have most of it, but not sure. Is the wing topping some krystal flash with black marabou? Schlappen for the hackle?

Thanks Chris

[Mark Kranhold]

Thanks Jeff! Hey Chris, yes the wing is marabou with midge Krystal flash and steelhead blue wing and flash combined together under the marabou. The body is blue flashabou with a pearl Mylar wrapped over it for durability with some segments of ostrich hurl schlapen for the collar and your good to go

[cyama]

Thanks! Can't wait to get that bad boy on the water. Tight lines