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Comet patterns for fall chinook salmon on the fly

October 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments

In these two videos, Barrett Christiansen shows you two variations of the classic salmon fly pattern, the Comet. These flies have accounted for a lot of fall chinook salmon over the decades and are probably the best all-around pattern for fly fishing Pacific salmon.

CLIFF BUGGER BEAST

Rob's Lay Salmon

The two videos show the standard comet and a low-water version.

Chartreuse Comet

Chartruese Comet

Hook: Size 4 Gamakatsu L11S-3H
Thread: Ultra Thread
Eyes: Medium silver bead chain
Tail: Chartreuse Calftail
Body: Flat silver diamond braid
Collar: Crystal chenille
Hackle: Chartreuse webby hackle or schlappen

Barrett’s low water comet

Orange Comet

Hook: Size 2 C14S Globug
Thread: 6/0 uni thread
Eyes: Medium gold bead chain
Tail: Black calf tail
Body: Antron hot orange crystal chenille
Hackle: Black webby hackle or schlappen

Barrett says fish green/chartreuse in the morning, orange in the afternoons. The run is on. Go get ‘em.

Tags: Fly Tying · Oregon Salmon fly fishing

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 jay nicholas // Nov 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    The Comet is a vastly overrated fly. It will, however, catch carp. Don’t listen listen to Barrett. Don’t tie Comets. Don’t use Chartreuse or Orange.

    JN

  • 2 b-christ // Nov 2, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    I can’t believe it took you this long to chime in!

  • 3 Michael Webb // Nov 3, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Thanks Barrett.
    Jay - you mean that’s not one of your boxes at the top of the post?

  • 4 jay nicholas // Nov 4, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Oh OK. Yes it is my small Comet box. The one with the least useful colors to fish for salmon here in Oregon. My go-to box is four times larger and will NEVER be photographed. EVER. Not even Matt and Rob have seen it.

    JN

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