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Captn Tony

06/01/2017 05:43AM

What are people using to put the fly paper on their hats?
Where do you purchase the stuff?
Thanks

You're going to HELL and you're going to drag me with ya!! -Gunsmoke

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BnD

06/01/2017 08:34AM

Why would you put fly paper on your hat? Blackflies? For flies we use the Vanilla auto air fresheners (the cardboard tree ones) hung around the button on the top of any ball cap to keep them away not catch 'em. Works real well. Gotta replace about every other day as the scent starts to fade. Maybe I completely missed the point if so disregard.

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Savage Voyageur

06/01/2017 08:44AM

I saw they were selling the stuff you want at Fleet Farm in Minneapolis.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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thebotanyguy

06/01/2017 09:01AM

These: Deerfly patches

Also available from the Boundary Waters Catalog

"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"

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Jaywalker

06/01/2017 09:09AM

quote thebotanyguy: "These: Deerfly patches

Also available from the Boundary Waters Catalog
"

I bought some of these last summer after being assaulted by deer flies. Look forward to giving them a try the year. Remember - they like that mid-tone french/royal blue color like on a Harmony barrel.

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PortageKeeper

06/01/2017 10:06AM

If you don't want to buy the patches then stick it to a piece of cardboard and pin it to your hat.

“The more you know, the less you carry” Mors Kochanski

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jhb8426

06/01/2017 10:50PM

I just spray my hat with repellent. Works well for me.

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schweady

06/02/2017 01:06PM

I get enough buzzing around my head as it is. What would I want to keep them trapped there?

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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mastertangler

06/02/2017 03:42PM

The loggers I knew in the U.P. of Michigan all used fly paper on their hats when working in the woods especially if it was hot out.

Deer flies typically land first on the highest point of their intended victim......

I wear an O.R. Sun runner hat and keep the snap on cape in my pocket. If a persistent one shows up I quickly snap on the cape and that offers protection for ears and neck. The last thing I want is to be breathing spray or some auto deodorant all day.

Lets Go!

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jhb8426