Midge repellent!!

Astraman

As above lads i'm looking for the best ideas to keep them away!! i've tried a number of the sprays and they didn't work so any help would be great thanks

Zzippy

Have a read of this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579423 in Nature & Birdwatching.

Astraman

thank you very much very use full

coolwings

The Avon Skin Cream works, but not for long. In my experience it is only as effective as midge repellent with 10% DEET. Repellents with 50% to 75% DEET are effective for a full day, whereas with the Avon cream you need to reapply more every hour in midgy areas.

Here are two links that give practical midge advice:

Living with Biting Midges, Mossies and Clegs:
http://www.greenhobbymodel.com/floattubeireland/biting_midges_mossies_clegs.html

Clinical test results on Midge Repellents:
http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/articles/insect_repellents.htm

Kippure

spray lysterine on you neck and face, around your hat and hands and arms.

For some reason they hate that stuff..

Doc Farrell

i got a 5 euro net you put over your head, makes you look like a nutter but worth it. you think those electronic bug beepers work?

during the klondike gold rush horses men and women were driven nuts by the mosquitoes....

Dusty87

coolwings wrote: »

The Avon Skin Cream works, but not for long. In my experience it is only as effective as midge repellent with 10% DEET. Repellents with 50% to 75% DEET are effective for a full day, whereas with the Avon cream you need to reapply more every hour in midgy areas.

Here are two links that give practical midge advice:

Living with Biting Midges, Mossies and Clegs:
http://www.greenhobbymodel.com/floattubeireland/biting_midges_mossies_clegs.html

Clinical test results on Midge Repellents:
http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/articles/insect_repellents.htm

This was discussed on another site and the deet thing came up. Is that not supposed to be bad for ya or somethin? I can remember somethin about it anyway.

coolwings

Instead of working off something you heard somewhere why not have a look at the clinical tests in the link I gave, verified independent information.
Then decide if it's bad for you or not, and if it works as an effective repellent, or if the other so called solutions work.

There's a very good reason I use 75% DEET products. I go where other fear ...... and fish for hours unbitten! :-)

Dusty87

No need to be ignorant about it. Not going on something i heard, something i would have seen as it was on another site. I can give you the name of it if you must know and all links were provided. I was on the mobile internet at the time of your reply and your link wouldn load! Sorry for adding a stupid reply that got under your feathers. Excuse pun coolwings

coolwings

Dusty87 wrote: »

... reply that got under your feathers. Excuse pun coolwings

No problemo!
The key term to notice in midge, mosquito and cleg repellent products is the term "military use". Anything that works in the tropical jungle, will work better in our climate!

Dusty87

Just to add info here about the avon skin so soft range. When the military started ordering crates of it, the troops thought it was feminine and avon changed the name on the bottles supplied to military to avon 'triple s'. True story

Zzippy

Just a word of warning lads, if using any products with DEET in them, the stuff can be lethal to fly leaders and even fly lines, so try to tackle up before putting on the stuff, or wash your hands before setting up your leader.