Made a weapon!!!

[Cmefish24]

ok thanks for the info im gonna get some indiana blades/ colorado blades and a bunch of other stuff and just mess around with it like make different sizes and stuff like that thanks again for the info guys its greatly appreiceated

[ebijack]

Ok, here's a weapon, for running a full crawler. When you switch to the mayfly type, you use 3 to 4 beads, a #2 or #3 blade typically in brown/gold shades w/1/2 crawler.

[Cmefish24]

thanks for the example ebijack, when would you start using weapons like around mid may to early june?

[ebijack]

Well you could start using them now as some guys are taking fish on harnesses around the islands. But yes, mid may on is typical.

[imrsmk]

I'm not an expert, but thought that this might help. Remember that weapons, or mayfly rigs, simulate a mayfly that has hatched on the bottom and is beginning to head to the surface. When making them, think dainty, you are trying to mimic a mayfly fluttering to the surface.

Mayflies usually appear in Mid May. The last couple of years the weather has pushed them back into mid June (at least the peak) if I remember correctly. You will know when they arrive in full blast once you arrive at the Lake.

I hope this helps,

John

[wakina]

I'm not an expert, but thought that this might help. Remember that weapons, or mayfly rigs, simulate a mayfly that has hatched on the bottom and is beginning to head to the surface. When making them, think dainty, you are trying to mimic a mayfly fluttering to the surface.

Mayflies usually appear in Mid May. The last couple of years the weather has pushed them back into mid June (at least the peak) if I remember correctly. You will know when they arrive in full blast once you arrive at the Lake.

I hope this helps,

John

Ever since I was a kid just starting out on Lake Erie in 1955 may flies have been called June Bugs along the shores of lake Erie, another common name for them was Canadian Soldiers, they have always started in late May and peaked in mid to late June. If you think they are bad now, in the 50's they used snow plows and end loaders to pile them up and load them on trucks to be hauled away in Port Clinton. With a light Northerly wind the sky would be black with them starting at dusk and on into the night.

[Cmefish24]

im goin out this weeknd thats why i wanted to know but if jigging isnt producing too much ill probly drag a weapon/ worm harness along the bottem in hopes that a fish will hit it.
thanks again for all the help guys

[jsh62]

go to coevanna charters website it explains in great datail how to tie and use weapons jeff