Boltonbene
Member
Hi all
I’m a newbie at fly fishing.
Purchased my first waders, boots and vest. I sure look good...lol. I’m an all in kinda guy.
Anyway, gone into the Credit River up here in Ontario for the first time. I didn’t want to disturb fish and walked the shore as much as possible.
About an hour later I felt crawling all over in my shirt. I was thinking it was black flies or mosquitos. Looked down at my waders and found fire ants crawling up. Done we’re hanging on for life as I just came out of the water. Resilient buggers.
I brushed them off but started noticing stinging in my shirt. I was bitten in about 10 spots. Stung but not that bad.
I found 20 more stuck in my netted vest which saved me from more bites.
It was difficult to know if I’ve disturbed a nest as there was quite a bit of ground cover.
How can I protect myself from being attacked?
Thinking of getting a long sleeve hoodie shirt.
Could I add rings if Vasoline to the legs of waders to stop them from crawling? Any affect on the material? I have Simms Freestone waders and vest.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thx
Stung but not out.
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I’m a newbie at fly fishing.
Purchased my first waders, boots and vest. I sure look good...lol. I’m an all in kinda guy.
Anyway, gone into the Credit River up here in Ontario for the first time. I didn’t want to disturb fish and walked the shore as much as possible.
About an hour later I felt crawling all over in my shirt. I was thinking it was black flies or mosquitos. Looked down at my waders and found fire ants crawling up. Done we’re hanging on for life as I just came out of the water. Resilient buggers.
I brushed them off but started noticing stinging in my shirt. I was bitten in about 10 spots. Stung but not that bad.
I found 20 more stuck in my netted vest which saved me from more bites.
It was difficult to know if I’ve disturbed a nest as there was quite a bit of ground cover.
How can I protect myself from being attacked?
Thinking of getting a long sleeve hoodie shirt.
Could I add rings if Vasoline to the legs of waders to stop them from crawling? Any affect on the material? I have Simms Freestone waders and vest.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thx
Stung but not out.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk