Biting Bugs

[nymphingmaniac]

(As the father of a son who recently contracted and recovered from Lyme disease...)
If you have access to laundry, immediately change clothes when you get home and tumble your clothing in a hot dryer for >30 minutes - that's if you don't launder them right away. Ticks will crawl off your clothes and onto your bedding and upholstery. (You can't really do too much - even vacuum your car seats.)

I have to say most of my tick bites were via my usual "vector"- the dog- afterwards. Woods to dog to furniture/car pathway. Give the pooch a good combing before allowing it to come into your spaces

 

[nymphingmaniac]

wearing a layer of tight fitting performance gear (like under armor) and tucking your pants leg into your socks (yeah, I know how I look) works well too.

 

[ChuckofWagon]

I have a design set of clothing or two that I keep treated with permethrin. I treat my clothing at home. I have five indoor cats, and they've never been bothered by my treated clothing. I also wear these pants while wet wading. Once dry, I don't think there is much concern for felines or fish.

I'm sure if you dump a gallon or more of permethrin in a stream, pond, lake, etc, I could kill a few fish. But for treatment on clothes, you spray it on and let it dry.

Even if you fall in a stream, the likelihood of any permethrin leaching out and killing a fish would be very, very small...if even at all.

I can understand the application of DEET to your hands. I spray it on the backs of my hands all the time. I don't dip my fingers in it though. (Well.....except the last time when the pump broke) But thanks to these post here I will clean my hands off with an alcohol wipe before tying a fly on again.

I'm sure scent works for catching fish. Just look at all the PowerBait fans out there.

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Keep moving and casting fast covering tons of water thus never give the bugs time to settle in.....lol. also eat a garlic clove a day it helps..it gets excreted thru your skin and seems to help

 

[sixfootfenwick]

Keep moving and casting fast covering tons of water thus never give the bugs time to settle in.....lol. also eat a garlic clove a day it helps..it gets excreted thru your skin and seems to help

Eat 5 and you can keep the fisherman off your favorite stream too.