Dave - Here is another link to some gar flies:

http://www.geocities.com/garmanjack/lures.html

Also I have fished the Raccoon River Park lakes in SW Des Moines and there are 4-5 foot gar in there. They swim in packs and you can observe them with "polarized' sunglasses.

Dale Sanders
Ankeny, Iowa
Central iowa Fly Fishers