Struggled to get dog back inside after he got out of the yard – what can I add to recall training?

I have a two year old Australian cattle dog mix. He is, as expected, high energy and wants to play with everyone.

I have worked on training recall (mostly on a long lead), and he is great 95% of the time. However, we just had an interesting incident that I need some help working through. He got out of our backyard while we were doing some yard work. I called for him and he came, sat, then laid down. Since he was in our yard, he did not have a collar on. When we leaned forward to grab him or moved to coax him closer to the house, he would dart a few steps away, then circle us and come back. Obviously this was a very fun game to him.

A neighbor ended up walking by with her dog and helped us by acting like they were coming inside our house. Naturally, he followed.

What can I add to our recall training so that he won’t just run away again if we need to lean down to put a leash on him? He already automatically sits when called, but this was an interesting issue since he didn’t have any type of collar or leash on. TIA!