How bout a rope fly on a really sharp hook? I don't think the gars I'm seeing are longnose like that one in the pic (NICE btw...) I believe the ones I'm seeing have shorter noses. I've read a little bit in the Audubon book on some gars, and it mentions that the roe in longnose gars is poisonous. I have no idea what "roe" is tho...