Spring is sprung / The grass is riz / I wonder where / The Deet is?
I was shooting in a swamp last week and assailed by sun and mosquitoes. Luckily I found a cache of 10-year old 90% Deet, but it will only last a little while. Meantime my trusty Filson Packer Hat has finally given up the ghost. I'm tempted by something with a wider brim, like the Filson Bush hat, but I also just bought one of these MEC French Foreign Legion hats as a stop-gap.
What hats do you guys where? (NB Tilleys are out... my wife is under strict orders to take out a hit on me if I ever start wearing Tilleys or playing golf).
What about bugspray? What's the strongest Deet mix you can buy legally, and where? What about bugshirts?
Sunscreen? I use the 30SPF gel stuff, which I like a lot, but maybe there's something better?
What about the holy grail of a combined scentless sunscreen and bug repellent??
Then there's the issue of boots... I have a fantastic pair of Columbia Ice Dragons which are fantastic for swamp-hopping in winter (on snowshoes) and early spring, but too hot for summer... I'm thinking about a new pair of hiking boots... probably goretex... I like them really high for lugging a backpack and hacking through ankle-twisting brush. My biggest problem with most boots is that my feet are wide with long toes so anything with a narrow fit becomes excruciatingly uncomfortable on a long hike... any recommendations?
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