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SAND FLEAS OR BLACK FLIES
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OldBeechnut
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Head for deep water...?
I would like to know also, thanks for posting
I would like to know also, thanks for posting
EL Pulltabio
New member
The first 2 years detecting on Southern beaches was rough.
I had bites everywhere... my hair and skin were exposed I paid an itchy price.
Then I stumbled on an idea that worked.
Don't laugh, but that's me in the picture on a winter's day.
I'm wearing a top and bottom jogging suit, short pants made out of
tough material (purchased at Wal-Mart) which I put on over the jogging pants.
I wear a hat with a drier sheet inside. I wear thick white socks and Crocs.
The short pants come with cotton pockets....don't but those. The short pants also
come with pockets made out of the same tough material as the outside of the garment....buy these.
I have enough pockets on those short pants to hold the following: Two bottles of diet root beer, 2 power bars,
small bug spray bottle and by wallet. I made a harness out of 2 D Ring canvas belts and a bungee cord.
That harness allows me to swing the coil effortlessly for hours.
Here's the part you won't like: I trained myself to detect at night in order to avoid sunburn in 95 degree heat.
When the bugs come around I take that drier sheet and pass it over the few remaining patches of exposed skin.
any Questions? I'll be happy to help!
I had bites everywhere... my hair and skin were exposed I paid an itchy price.
Then I stumbled on an idea that worked.
Don't laugh, but that's me in the picture on a winter's day.
I'm wearing a top and bottom jogging suit, short pants made out of
tough material (purchased at Wal-Mart) which I put on over the jogging pants.
I wear a hat with a drier sheet inside. I wear thick white socks and Crocs.
The short pants come with cotton pockets....don't but those. The short pants also
come with pockets made out of the same tough material as the outside of the garment....buy these.
I have enough pockets on those short pants to hold the following: Two bottles of diet root beer, 2 power bars,
small bug spray bottle and by wallet. I made a harness out of 2 D Ring canvas belts and a bungee cord.
That harness allows me to swing the coil effortlessly for hours.
Here's the part you won't like: I trained myself to detect at night in order to avoid sunburn in 95 degree heat.
When the bugs come around I take that drier sheet and pass it over the few remaining patches of exposed skin.
any Questions? I'll be happy to help!
Man! When the biting files come out up here, they mob you in a big cloud and will flat eat you up...if theres an off shore wind, you gotta dress like ElPulltabio, or go straight into deep water...I have found no repellant that works on bare skin...
I wear those long john Underarmour bottoms with a pair of shorts, and a long sleeve top, and a hat...sort of works...any exposed skin gets bit HARD!
Like he said, hunt at night, or very early am...as soon as the sun comes up the biting flies come pouring out of the dunes...Shudderr! hurts to think about this is what we got coming!
Mud
I wear those long john Underarmour bottoms with a pair of shorts, and a long sleeve top, and a hat...sort of works...any exposed skin gets bit HARD!
Like he said, hunt at night, or very early am...as soon as the sun comes up the biting flies come pouring out of the dunes...Shudderr! hurts to think about this is what we got coming!
Mud
I remember reading an article in Field and Stream years back that said to use Vicks mentholatom spread on your hatbill to repel skeeters and black flies , I remember them yellow flies back in the swamps fishing would dam near haul our arses out of the boat , never got a chance to try it , maybe some of you guys will be able to test this theory and post your results .
GeorgeinSC
Well-known member
Many years ago folks were raving about Avon Skin so soft being an excellent mosquito repellant. So being foolish I purchased a bottle and went deer hunting. Soaked down with the stuff and the mosquitoes arrived in droves. Most miserable day I had ever had deer hunting as the mosquitoes ate me alive. On my body the danged stuff acts like a mosquito attractant and not a repellant.
scubadetector
New member
n/t
Robert2300
New member
DEET. Not good for you but it works depending
on it's strength.
Robt2300
on it's strength.
Robt2300