If you don’t care about taking care of your stuff for the sake of your stuff, at least take a little bit of energy for the sake of the resources you have and your gear’s performance.
Today I share three more gear storage tips that are especially helpful in the middle of the season. An ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure. When boots run upwards of $200 and rods can quickly near a grand, a few minutes spent making sure everything is where it is supposed to be can save you money, heartache, and from adding to the local landfill.
As always, if you have tips or ideas that I don’t share feel free to send them my way!
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I’m listening to one of your podcasts, and you’re talking about Repel bug spray, but there’s much better stuff out there.
I’m a TU president, and live in NW Connecticut on the western bank of the Housatonic River in the Cornwall TMA, and I fly fish somewhere around 260 days a year, plus our TU chapter teaches Fly Fishing every year for three months out of the year.
Sawyer insect repellent in the yellow pump sprayer is for clothing, and they also make a product for skin that come in a sprayer bottle or as a cream. It’s made with Permethrin which is odorless, and lasts on clothing for 5-6 wash cycles. For the skin product, I like the white pump 4oz. bottle. I put a little on my hand and wrists, and then a bit more on my hands so I can rub it onto my ears. The yellow spray bottle (24oz) should be sprayed on exposed areas of socks, pants, and shirts. Anything that you’re going to wear outside. I wear this stuff while fishing, walking the dog, working on the lawn or splitting wood. Basically, any time outside, because the area is mostly woods.
Can you mention on your show that people shouldn’t wear Thermacell bug sprayers while wading. Those sprays are probably not safe to the water.
Hi Ken,
Thanks for listening and commenting.
I agree – there is definitely some good, hard-hitting chemical protection available. But for kids, faces, and the like I’m content with the botanicals… and they work!
I also would second your notion to stay away from any battery-powered repellents when wading.