Quote Originally Posted by imrsmk View Post
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.