Can black flies cause an annual skin rash?

[Shanowa]

Hi! Seven years ago I was married and our honeymoon was spent camping in the bush. I have never been a camper before and as such had never been exposed to Black Flies. One day I was bitten numerous times by the flies. We were married June 26; I had a terrible skin rash for the rest of the summer that consisted of terrible, uncontrollable itching, raised bumpy "pads" of skin that weep a clearing, yellowish liquid. I chalked it up to the fly bites and just dealt with the symptoms, which stopped once fall arrived.
  But here is the kicker: the rash has reappeared every summer since. It always starts with itchy spots, which open to small, open and terrible itchy red dots, which turns into the raised, weepy pads. And it always seems to dry up as Autumn arrives.
  I am at my wit's end with the itching! I try to use the palm of my hand and just rub but I have woken up numerous times itching and bleeding.
  Is it possible that the fly bites triggered an annual skin condition? The only things that changed that summer was 1.) I got married and 2.) I was badly bitten up by black flies.
  Thank you for your time and help!