DEET....not good for fly lines though. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: Critters and beasties
>
> > We think of flyfishing as a quiet sport sharing nature and our
environment,
> > but who or what is out there with us? From ticks, mosquitoes,deerflies,
> > snakes, bears or ... what other critters have given you love bites and
what
> > have you used to prevent or treat them?
>
> I have been bitten by deer flies, ticks, bees, wasps, but my number one
> is mosquitos. I hate mosquitos when they are hoarding up, one year, my
> wife and I were camped down in the seep lakes below Potholes, when the
> wind died, we set up the tent in record time, as there were at least a
> gadzillion mosquitos vying for our blood.
>
> As to prevention of ticks and mosquitos, all DEET based repellents work
> wonders for me.
>
> Rob
> --
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA
>
> Gone to the penguins...Bye, bye, Billy-boy....
>
>
>
