Calf Tail Special Salmon Platte River Special
MT73-4
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The Calf Tail Special – Platte River Special honors Michigan's pioneering salmon river in fresh-fish colors: a cerise-pink chenille body with white calf tail wing and tail. Pink for chrome, white for tracking—the brightest-fish dressing in the family.
The Platte hosted Michigan's first coho plants, and this fly's pink-and-white speaks that river's language: fresh silvers straight off the lake, aggressive and pink-curious.
Best for:
- Fresh coho and pink-responsive kings
- Early-run tinted water
- Pink-and-white hairwing swings
📌 Pro Tip: Fish it hardest in the first weeks of the coho run—lake-fresh silvers answer pink-and-white before the river teaches them otherwise.