I know I am fast enough to row away from the mosquitoes{ i raced one} on the lake , but then they cheat by drafting ...i need to deploy chaff. sometimes
Never had a problem when I canoe or kayak. Or maybe I don't see them as they are behind me. ________ It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev
We have the same issue at our cottage in Muskoka ( north of Toronto) at the peak of the horsefly deer-fly season. They can draft along behind you while running or cycling slowly, and alight on your back and bite right through whatever you are wearing.
Faster cycling is fine, and high swirling winds will throw them off.
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