Well, I have to admit I was actually fishing for them. I've been fishing a small county park lake close to the house and thought I would see just how many species of fish I could catch in it. So far I've caught Bass, Bluegill, Sun perch and one small Crappie and now Gar.

The first day I fished it I saw quite a few Gar and I cast everything I had at them with no luck. They would follow the fly and never strike. Today I tried something different. I cast over the fish and dragged the fly over his back several times till he looked annoyed then planted it about two feet past his nose,(brown woolly bugger) gave it one fast strip and paused. He nailed it like he had never eaten. Caught a second one the same way.

Leo C.