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Originally Posted by BobLoblaw
Lots of folks fish "rope flies" for gar.
No hooks at all, just long, tangly strands for the teeth to get caught on.
Have you used such a thing?
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I've heard of them. Took my kids fishing for them a few years ago with spinning rods, figured that kind of fly would guarantee some fish. It did. They are NO fun to get un-pinned, had to use a knife. Took almost 7-8 minutes. Good news is~gar have a primitive lung, and can breath air when there isn't enough oxygen in the water.
Here is a photo of my daughter with a gar caught on a rope fly. I use regular streamer flies (bunny leeches) and add a treble, trailer. They're notoriously short strikers, so you need something that hangs at the end, or just past the end of the fly if you want a chance at hooking one of these fish. They are abundant though.
