I am a native of the Florida Panhandle. My Dad used to say the yellow flies were bad from Memorial Day to the 4th of July. Freshwater fishing is usually good during the "Fly Season", so we had lots of remedies to fight them off. He was a nonsmoker most of the time but would puff away on a noxious cigar while fishing. Mom and I slathered every exposed part of our body with an awful oily repellant called Six-12. We also burned Citronella buckets in the bottom of the boat. While camping, everybody brought old tires to burn. It's a wonder we are not all suffereing from horrible diseases! lizzid
