MIDGIES

[Blackvelvet]

:mad: :mad: Now the weather is getting better the midgies will be hatching, they drive me nuts when I go fishing in Scotland, the midgies up there have tackity boats on and teeth like sharks aye they breed them hard in Scotland.

:cool: :cool: :cool:

Blackvelvet

[malevans]

Do you use a bug coat ? I do and it helps. I also use mangrove sun gloves (designed for fishing the bonefish flats) to protect my hands. Don't forget your Avon skin so soft. Plus I smoke which helps a lot.

 

You are right about the breeding.....in what is supposedly a low biomass environment, it beats me as to where several solar masses of the little bu****s come from.

[Newt]

I agree with malevans - bug suit is probably the way to go and for $40, well worth the money.

[Leon Roskilly]

It's not the midges, it's the clegs that worry me!

 

TL - leon

[chesters1]

cover yourself from head to foot with double sided sticky tape ,they`l be so engrossed with getting free they will not bite ,you could also though become a haven for insect eating birds and bats a very natural disguise you`l agree ,beats looking like a tree

[Gillies]

I use the Avon Skin So Soft when they get really bad - also those funny looking Midgee Net things that you put over your head, they are great.

 

Agree with Leon 101% about the clegs/horse flies - can be nasty pieces of work, and you can whack one, and it just gets straight back up. My cousin got a bite from one before and the reaction made his hand came up double in size - his wife was annoyed as it did not bite him somewhere else (haha)

 

Gillies

[malevans]

Bugwear stuff is made in Scotland, I have a Bugcoat from US via Germany. I prefer it as it is white rather than dark green which is better when its sunny and hot. It also sort of puts the camo debate to bed

[Old Sarah]

Saw a posting on the Wild Skye weblog that the midges are out in gorce this weekend!.

Jungle formula expidition strength works ok (but not fantastic).... if all else fails antihistamines help you get to sleep at night (ideally ones that ARE sedative). I once ran out and spent several hours in the middle of the night lying with cold wet towels round my legs. Now I check I have several bottles of everything I can think of before any trip to Scotland!

[Old Sarah]

Guess I should check my spelling!! I meant "out in force" is the gorse out?

[Blackvelvet]

Never heard of a bug-coat are you lot taking the

preverbial lol lol

I think I shall use mosquito milk when I go back up home to Scotland to visit mother. The clegs never really bothered me it's just the midgies especially in the warm evening : :cool: :cool:

Blackvelvet