Eat a lot of Garlic and lay off bananas.
You may have trouble getting a date but the fishing will be better!:p
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Eat a lot of Garlic and lay off bananas.
You may have trouble getting a date but the fishing will be better!:p
Early this year I treated my fishing shirt with Permethrin with a Sawyer kit I got at Cabela's. It involves soaking the garmet in the Permethrin solution for a while and letting it air dry.
I am DELIGHTED with the results!!
I have tried the dryer paper and definitely did not work for me. I use Skin so Soft, doesn't keep the bugs away but they slide down your face before they can bite you.
The mosquito is the Louisiana State Bird!
A Tilley and Cutter for me. The floral scent on the dryer sheet might attract something that flies and packs a lot more wallop than a mosquito. I am thinking about bees and hornets. OUCH!
http://www.tilley.com/hat_category.asp?gender=&catId=1
DEET partially dissolved the plastic case of my "fisherman's watch". It was a great watch, other than that one little flaw.
Ed, who needs to get a new watch.
i have one of those "buzz off shirts" found mine online @ LLBean in the sales bin. it works great and is good for 25 washings. havn't washed mine yet! it should last forever:D
Don
Nighthawk;
I've used the dryer sheets to stop wasps from building nests behind my outdoor speakers. It worked!! Don't know about Bees as I don't seem to have a problem with them either.
No one can feel 100% safe from being bitten by a mosquito. Sprays are effective for three hours or so. I used to scare them off with lemongrass essential oil but the effect didn't last long. I read about chemical and natural remedies on this blog, but I haven't tried all the methods of getting rid of bloodsuckers yet.
I like a couple of different Sawyer products that have worked well for me. The first one is a time release 20% DEET concoction that will work for about 3 or maybe 4 hours, albeit the directions say 6. I like the idea of a less percentage of DEET. But I have found that DEET is useless for those black biting flies I encountered on a northern Michigan fishing trip some years back. Those damn flies could even bite through my denim jeans! Anyway, thanks be to the folks in the know in that part of the country, who put me on to another Sawyer product that is specifically formulated for those black flies (contains no DEET), and will fend them off. I'll dig that black fly Sawyer product out of my camping gear and post the ingredients if anyone is interested.