Gar Flies

Being from the allegheny water shed and seeing its amazing recovery before our eyes every day we fish, naturally some of us might be interested in fishing for and hopefully "hooking" a gar without doing any damage.  Is tying a "fly" without a hook still fly tying?

In the past I have had good results using minnow patterns just below the surface at night. they are tuff to catch because of the teeth, alot of cut lines

I have caught a lot of gars and oniy one with a hook. It was a popper. Every other one was clamped on the feathers of a fly. Have even had the bite down on the leader. Seems that once the close the mouth they dont open it. You have pry it open when you land them.

"they are tuff to catch because of the teeth, alot of cut lines"
 
Not true. They may have a bunch of teeth, but they will not cut a line. The teeth are more like needles than anything. Never had a single one cut the line, or nicked it up for that matter.
Also the reason they are hard to hook is because of how hard the mouth is. Its like setting a hook into bone, so you need a unbelievably razor sharp hook.