Hi,

I am going up north at the end of this month and now need to address the midge issues, so my question is quite simply what would people suggest as a good midge repellant, i would prefer deet free but hey you dont get everything that you want.

suggestions please!


thanks


kevin

Ben's 100. works when all the others fail.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Avon "skin so soft" seems to be the current favourite..... I kid you not...

Piles of it for sale in outdoor shops in Fort William etc.

Apparently it's used by the Forces as well.

I've heard that the variant in the blue bottle is best.

Seems to work for me.

Cheers

W

Hi,Jim can you buy it on the high St say boots
or do you have to order on line?
Laurie.

I got mines In ASDA,have also seen it in GAC.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Avon Skin So Soft is the only one that works for me. The midges will still land on you but they will not bite. The one you want has a green lid and is called Woodland Fresh.

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Another vote for the Avon skin so soft. However it won't deter the horse flies. You'll need some heavy duty deet to keep those b*stards away.

I'm off up north next week.

Avon have changed the name of Skin So Soft Woodland Fresh to Soft and Fresh, but it is still the same stuff.

Chuckie,

I asked the Forum about Skin So Soft. The attached thread gives quite a bit of information.

http://flyforums.co.uk/showthread.ph...845#post442845

The thread starts off about fishing but bear with it because it gets to Skin So Soft after a page or so.

Cheers,

Dovebob

Another vote from me too.........have you tried a 12 bore for the horse flies, I find it's about the only thing that'll get 'em ...............birdsnest

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