On 9/10/2025 at 12:37 PM, HawkeyeSmallie said:

I'm in the no chemical club myself.

 

I absolutely will not wear any bug spray. I'll wear long sleeves and a face net if I have to.

 

Same with suntan lotion, don't like wearing it fishing.

 

Even on a hot day, I'll have pants on and a long sleeve shirt. I probably need to buy a floppy hat though.

I cant stand any of it either.  Ive got fair skin, so I have to wear it on my face and the back of my legs and top of my feet.  I just hate the greasy feeling of it.  I have to shower right away when I get home.

The bug repellant is worse IMO.  That stuff smells and feels like it's a carcinogen. 

Theres a lot of guys making really effective stuff with natural ingredients.  A guy that's semi local makes one called green beret spray.  Its like cedar oil, with peppermint and eucalyptus, I think.  The older stuff had a really strong cedar smell, which some ppl don't mind, but I'm not crazy about it.  It really works though.  I run my dogs at a preserve in the pine barrens and its the worst place for ticks I've ever seen.  You can watch hundreds crawl up your leg in like 2 minutes as soon as you step off the dirt road.  I cover my dogs in that stuff and spray my legs, and they don't bother me at all.  If you spray a tick with it kills it quick.  The regular stuff is like a thin liquid, and they have more concentrated kind too, that a little thicker and stays on longer.

Ticks seem to be getting more dangerous.  My aunt in Huntsville a few years ago got a tick and swore it gave some disease that caused her body to reject, dairy, gluten, beef, pork, lamb, pretty much any meat besides poultry and most fish.  Shes always been a little odd, but she likes to eat.  I saw her fry up minnows she had for bait in a wok with a fluke I had caught.  Anyway, I thought she was just playing web MD with the diagnosis.  Her son got bit too and got it last year, and I knew that was for real.  I was thinking it was just a southern thing and then my mom got bit and got this year.  It's called Alpha Gal.  It's like an autoimmune disease.  I think it's a lone star tick that carry's it, but I could be wrong. 

None of them do anything to gets ticks on them.  It's not like a deer tick either.  The tick only has to bite you and your screwed.  Everyone is a little different, some people can handle limited amounts of beef or dairy.  If you go overboard and eat too much or any at all for a sensitive person, you can get violently ill.

If you like med rare porterhouse or NY strip every now and then as much as I do, BE REALLY CAREFUL out there.

 

 

6 hours ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

The bug repellant is worse IMO.  That stuff smells and feels like it's a carcinogen. 

 

 

Between family members, friends and clients, cancer is getting so dang common.

 

We are clearly doing something we shouldn't be doing.

 

I'm not spraying DEET or anything similar on my skin. DEET sounds "cute" and not harmful, but diethyltoluamide sure doesn't.

 

Ain't no way.

4 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

 

Between family members, friends and clients, cancer is getting so dang common.

 

We are clearly doing something we shouldn't be doing.

 

I'm not spraying DEET or anything similar on my skin. DEET sounds "cute" and not harmful, but diethyltoluamide sure doesn't.

 

Ain't no way.

I've got a lot of family in the medical field and all of them say that the cancer rates are almost doubled, and more than doubled for people under 30.

Some disorders, diseases and syndromes that manifest in newborns and infants are >10x what they were in the 90s.

What's strange is back in the day when my parents were kids, everyone in the neighborhood would chase the trucks spraying clouds of DDT, literally poison and yet they're much healthier on the whole.

Life expectancies for dogs that sleep in bed every night and have personalized Christmas stockings, are at 2-4 years less now than it was when most dogs lived outside in the late 60s/early 70s.

Somethings very wrong.

18 hours ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

I cant stand any of it either.  Ive got fair skin, so I have to wear it on my face and the back of my legs and top of my feet.  I just hate the greasy feeling of it. 

 

 

I can help! 

 

I'm the same way. Hate heavy, greasy feeling. And fair skin means I burn to a crisp.

 

Try Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence. Worth the price and effort to get it!! It feels like..nothing. It's SPF50 and PA++++, the highest level of UVA/UVB blocking.

 

It was a game changer in my perception of what a sunscreen could and should be.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, RRocket said:

I can help! 

 

I'm the same way. Hate heavy, greasy feeling. And fair skin means I burn to a crisp.

 

Try Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence. Worth the price and effort to get it!! It feels like..nothing. It's SPF50 and PA++++, the highest level of UVA/UVB blocking.

 

It was a game changer in my perception of what a sunscreen could and should be.

 

 

 

 

I know what you mean.  I call it gettin lobstered.

I've always used bannana boat because it works.  I just have to put more on after 3 hours. 

I've gotten burnt bad after putting on, but I didn't reapply it like an idiot.  Until I get tan, I get burned pretty good.  

Thanks for the recommendation, ill have to check it out.

5 hours ago, RRocket said:

I can help! 

 

I'm the same way. Hate heavy, greasy feeling. And fair skin means I burn to a crisp.

 

Try Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence. Worth the price and effort to get it!! It feels like..nothing. It's SPF50 and PA++++, the highest level of UVA/UVB blocking.

 

It was a game changer in my perception of what a sunscreen could and should be.

I'll add another to try. Neutrogena Clear Face oil free sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50. It's the only stuff I use now. Zero greasy feel. 

Amazon.com: Neutrogena Clear Face Sunscreen Lotion for Acne-Prone Skin, Broad Spectrum SPF 50, Sunscreen for Face & Oily Skin, Oil-,Fragrance- & Oxybenzone-Free, Water Resistant, Matte, Unscented, 3 Fl Oz : Beauty & Personal Care