Weapon Rig

[ryguy2010]

excellent post by Tin Can. hit the nail on the head about 6 times. The weapon rig is my favorite to fish with and all the success I have had on it, comes by doing exactly what he said. In addition to fishing the swing and everything else he mentioned, I also do what I call a "flutter" when fishing the weapon. hard to explain but basically when you are retrieving.....i pull about 4-5 feet (like the motion you would use when you set the hook, except slower), then reel that 4-5 feet back while you reset your rod to your original position. and repeat. this creates a slow rise of the rig while you are pulling, then a free fall flutter while you are reeling back the line. most of the time they will hit it on the free fall

[Hoytman86]

Thanks guys. I'll tie up some mayfly rigs tonight and give those a go Saturday. Do you all use an inline with those? Eggs? No weight? I've seen them in the bait shops up there years ago, I think I even have one in my tackle box that I'll need to retie, but never actually been up there during the hatch and needed to use them. I believe the one in my tackle box came with a 1/2 ounce inline weight tied to it that you attached to a snap swivel, gold beads and a #3 gold Indiana blade.

Ryguy, that's how I've always fished my crawler harnesses, so I know exactly what you're talking about.