Avoiding deer flies on flip flop...

[WoodzyHykerGuy]

Hey, I was hoping to do a flip thru starting north at HF in April, but just remembered deer flies tearing me up when I did a section in NJ/NY one year. (Don't remember the month.)

I have a passionate hatred for deer flies and they seriously made that hike absolutely MISERABLE for me (while barely bothering with some hikers) and I will do everything short of punching my grandmother to avoid them.

If wanting to do a flip, can anyone recommend *locations and *start dates to help minimize/eliminate my exposure to them? My overall mileage through the days is average. I would prefer to start north and finish at Springer, but open to whatever helps keep me away from those demon spawn.
- Thanks

PS - I've heard of "Tred-Not Deerfly Patches" and would gladly carry a pound of those things if forced to go through their territory again...

[WoodzyHykerGuy]

Additionally, my goal is to avoid NB bubbles in both directions, but still open to whatever must be done...