Gar On The Fly.

[Brian Wise]

A couple of weeks ago I took my brother-in-law on a float from Cook's to Tecumseh to chase all things warm water. He was spin fishing and catching some fish......and then he hooked a HUGE gar. This completely messed my head up so I decided it was time to chase them. I tied up some rope flies and put in at Cook's Landing for a short float down to the Mill Pond. The style of fishing is really cool because it is very visual, you see them gulp air and make a cast to them--pretty easy. I got 3 or 4 follows and an eat from a real small fish (rope didn't get tangled in its teeth) and then got an eat from a large fish (again the rope didn't get tangled)......and then I got an eat from another large fish, and the rope tangled. I was by myself, messing with 3 video cameras, fighting the fish, and rowing my drift boat over to the bank while I was fighting the fish (I wish I could have been on the bank watching that whole thing because it would have been hilarious).

49"

[Gavin]

Sweet...nice longnose.

[Brian Wise]

It was COOL!

[Flysmallie]

Any decent video that you are going to share with us later?

You did have plenty of equipment with you.

Good job.

[Wayne SW/MO]

They are fun. I've never had one on the long rod, that had to be even more exciting.

[Brian Wise]

Any decent video that you are going to share with us later?

You did have plenty of equipment with you.

Good job.

Yeah, kind of thinking I will base the whole Summer video off of this new thing. I was really excited that I had a video camera on when ever I "hooked" the fish (I really don't know what to call it since there is really no "hook" involved ) It was pretty dark by the time I landed it and got around to getting some video....and I was by myself. Got some cool stuff though.

They are fun. I've never had one on the long rod, that had to be even more exciting.

This was my first ever Gar. I had watched my wife, brother-in-law, and several buddies hook gar on spinning gear but I had never hooked one. It was awesome and I will be doing this a lot now.

[Justin Spencer]

I remember those big things from this spring. I'll be slowing down the next few weeks, call me and we'll get some footage!

[Brian Wise]

I remember those big things from this spring. I'll be slowing down the next few weeks, call me and we'll get some footage!

You're on! Will call you everytime I go....just in case.

[Justin Spencer]

You're on! Will call you everytime I go....just in case.

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[MOsmallies]

That's awesome! Gar are a highly underrated species to fish for. We've caught them on the Black River using spinning gear with wire leaders and big dead minnows. We would tie a strip of pantyhose (a little longer than the leader) to the top of the leader so it would hang down by the bait. The pantyhose got tangled in their teeth really well. You should see if you could incorporate it into your rope flies somehow for better hookups. Can't wait to see the video and more pics!

Paul

MOsmallies