GrantGam
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Has helped me a lot when fly fishing in the Scottish Highlands.There's some stuff you can get from Avon that deters gnats and their other little bitey friends. Its called Skin-So-Soft and its a spray oil in a greenish-blue bottle (you must get the spray oil). We had a friend who had to do a lot of camping out in the Army and he buys loads of it - and told Mr Chook about it during one summer when Mr C was getting badly bitten. It must have some kind of deterrent in it because if he walks in to one of those clouds of swirling gnats they all avoid him. It smells nice, too.
No, I'm not an Avon lady.
Just to add, carbs or no carbs, I get bitten chronically. I must say that over the last couple of years, I've seen a huge increase in Cleg bites (horse flies to those South of the border). Whether the frequency of bites have increased - or just the severity of reaction, who knows...
Totally covered in them just now after a few days out on the mountain bike. No use... Death to them all!