Dave Berry's column yesterday was great. It defined "nature" as: anything you'd
kill if you found it inside your house.
Rob Blomquist wrote:
> > We think of flyfishing as a quiet sport sharing nature and our environment,
> > but who or what is out there with us? From ticks, mosquitoes,deerflies,
> > snakes, bears or ... what other critters have given you love bites and what
> > have you used to prevent or treat them?
>
> I have been bitten by deer flies, ticks, bees, wasps, but my number one
> is mosquitos. I hate mosquitos when they are hoarding up, one year, my
> wife and I were camped down in the seep lakes below Potholes, when the
> wind died, we set up the tent in record time, as there were at least a
> gadzillion mosquitos vying for our blood.
>
> As to prevention of ticks and mosquitos, all DEET based repellents work
> wonders for me.
>
> Rob
> --
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA
>
> Gone to the penguins...Bye, bye, Billy-boy....
