tricks during mayfly hatch?

[james_walleye]

Anyone got any tricks for dealing with touchy walleyes that are plump full of mayflys?

[Northlander]

Lindy rigging with 1/2 crawler or a slow death rig. Small gold spinner with 1 aberdeen hook and 1/2 crawler.

[PerchJerker]

  Northlander said:

Lindy rigging with 1/2 crawler or a slow death rig. Small gold spinner with 1 aberdeen hook and 1/2 crawler.

That's what I was going to say.

The guys on Lake Erie fish with a rig called a mayfly rig, it is a small spinner blade, a few orange beads, and an aberdeen style hook and a 1/2 crawler.

[paceman]

I have also done well with a white ot light colored gum drop floater with a small leech fished over muddy bottoms.

[BobT]

I haven't tried this but do you suppose it would work to think more like ticking them off? Perhaps using a more aggressive approach such as speed trolling crank baits and such.

[harvey lee]

  Northlander said:

Lindy rigging with 1/2 crawler or a slow death rig. Small gold spinner with 1 aberdeen hook and 1/2 crawler.

That has worked for me on ML.

[james_walleye]

Thx for the info. I broke out a sinner and 1/2 crawler today. I did boat some fish but with a chartruese spinner blade.

[Northlander]

Also try a small goldish spin n glow and slowly pump it. It will fall and rise in the water and look like a mayfly coming to the surface. Copper, yellow and even black would work too.

[Jordpederson]

Feed them a little line when you fell the bite helps

[Stick in Mud]

I usually just go and catch some smallies.

[Northlander]

Macs Smiley Blades can also do the trick at times.

[Further North]

A guy up in Canada suggested a smallish gold floating Rapala jerked right under the surface, right in the middle of the hatch.

Worked for me...and I never would have thought of it...

Failing that, try a mayfly dry fly...

[OnAFly]

Sinking fly line, lots of splitshot, and about a size 8 gold ribbed hare's ear nymph.

[JBone]

Cooler full of cold ones:)