Gar on a fly

[irondragon013]

I was wondering if anybody knew any good patterns for Gar. I have seen one in a thick weed bed in one of the areas I fish. I would love to hook into one on my 8wt.

[Gardenfish]

tie some unbraided rope to your hook. The braids will catch in the gar's teeth.

[deathb4disco]

Here's a picture of what gardenfish is talking about:

[url=http://www.geocities.com/garmanjack/lures.html:f89db]http://www.geocities.com/garmanjack/lures.html[/url:f89db]

[irondragon013]

I also need leader recomendations. Anybody know how to make the rope lures?

[This message has been edited by irondragon013 (edited 27 September 2005).]

[jsalkas]

A while ago, I remember seeing a pattern for the hookless fly for gar, however, I can no longer find it. This "Save the Gar" site has a description of what they tend to use: [url=http://www.savethegar.org/flyfishing.php:697ca]http://www.savethegar.org/flyfishing.php[/url:697ca]

[irondragon013]

I found instructions on how to make the rope lure on the site jsalkas posted.

[OkieBass133]

If you are going to fish for gar with an entangling fly, you sure as heck better fish it on a heavy leader. The lightest I have ever fished for gar with is 20 lb. mono, and that's for smaller fish. A gar with a broken-off fly wrapped around its jaws will likely be a dead fish.

irondragon, leader for gar:

4-6 feet of 40 or 50# mono. You don't need a delicate presentation.

Now if you are fishing flies with hooks that you want to be able to break off, then you need:

4' 40/5# mono
2' 20# mono.



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[irondragon013]

What kind of line to leader connection do you use for the heavy leaders and what knot do you use to tie 50lb. mono to a fly?

Non-Slip mono loop:
[url=http://shoreangling4u.tripod.com/knotguide/id17.html:ccae4]http://shoreangling4u.tripod.com/knotguide/id17.html[/url:ccae4]

And for attaching to leader, use an Albright or do one of these doubly-served loops:

[url=http://www.danblanton.com/gettinglooped.html:ccae4]http://www.danblanton.com/gettinglooped.html[/url:ccae4]


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