Took a moment to see if I could find the brand. No luck, but did find
that the active ingredient was dimethyl phthalate which was discontinued in
the early 90's because of health concerns. Wouldn't want those poor black
flies to get cancer.
Charlie
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Charles Geilfuss <
charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ken,
> Back when I was camping in the Adirondacks I used a black fly repellent
> that contained some type of phthalate as its active ingredient (I don't
> recall the brand name). Worked OK. Unlike mosquitoes, the black fly doesn't
> bite through clothing so I simply wore long pants/ sleeves and a head net
> over a hat. Repellent only needed for hands.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> OK, but pray tell, what works with those biting black flies we get in the
>> U.P.?
>>
>> AG
>>
>> On Monday, January 9, 2012, Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > made me look it up............no-see-ums over here............100% DEET
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:44:37 -0000 (UTC)
>> > Subject: Re: [OM] first photo post
>> >
>> > Congratulations, Don, on such an accolade from Dean (no less). But to
>> > us over here, 'midge' means culicoides, articulated with a slight
>> > shudder :-)
>> >
>> > Piers
>> >
>> > On 08/01/2012, Dean Hansen wrote:
>> >> Don Holbrook may be griping about posting a photo or doing a
>> >> copy/cut/past, but the guy can sure as hell write a book. See "Midge
>> >> Magic," which he co-authored with Ed Koch. I spent (too many) years in
>> >> grad school studying a small group of small flies in the family known
>> to
>> >> fly anglers as "chironomids" or "midges," and Don's knowledge of the
>> >> group's importance to fishermen is, simply put, impressive. If you're
>> >> into catching big trout on small to minute imitations, give Don's
>> >> treatise a careful look-see. It's very well done.
>> >> Dean
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