The rope fly is just that. Tie a length of nylon or poly rope to the hook and fray the end of it. The gar's teeth get tangled in the frayed strands of rope. Gar have very bony mouths so it is hard to get a good hook-set. I caught this one on a 1/0 Clouser Minnow tied on a stainles steel hook, but I missed about as many I hooked
Steve