Well, I suppose the "devil is in the details" as they say. If you want to get every fish that takes, a rope fly is the way to go I suppose. They'd probably work for trout as well. :O Kidding aside, we catch long nose and spotted all day in the places we fish and I can ASSURE you, the same system works for both. This long nose (and hundreds of others) would agree;



The rope fly works because the their teeth get tangled in it. You can legitimately hook a long nose the SAME way you hook a spotted, so I'd urge you to use hooks. On the other hand, where we fish, there are lots OF fish so if you miss one, you'll get another shot before long. If I were after a lone fish and was determined...a rope fly would be considered. I'd have to make one though.