Jumpin’ Gar
Longnose gar sometimes leap impressively when hooked. Here is a short clip of a longnose catching some summer air at Canyon Lake.
Here’s the fly used. The key is the hook- a 3/0 Gamakatsu circle hook.
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5 Responses to “Jumpin’ Gar”
it keeps saying the video is privet love to see a gar fly out of the water
Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed the setting. Try it now.
Casey
sweet casey got to to experince that my self had bass jump clean out of the water to hit my popers but gar jumping is a nother story and thank you for fixing the settings
Hi Casey,
You have a great website. I have tied and used most of your flies. I like the simplicity of your flies. We have long nose gar here in north east where I fish. I’ve managed to hook only one on a deer hair bug, but they grab my bass bugs quite often. I can see them shaking the bug under water, but when I set the hook I don’t hook them. What fly did you use to catch that gar?
Hello Mark. Glad you like the site and flies.
I have tried all sorts of flies for gar- rope, treble hook, trailer hooks, tube flies…
The best flies I have used are those tied on circle hooks. They can be simple like the bucktail gar fly shown above, or more complex like tube flies, flies with trailers, etc.
I usually use a Gamkatsu 3/0 inline circle hook for big longnose. The circle hook will lock around the gar’s lower bill and hold tight. Best hook I have found or them.
Casey
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