Your ability to sit there and talk calmly in the midst of that has me in absolute awe.

Don't forget the phantom blackflies that you feel on your skin for hours after being outside.

Well done. You have hit every important fact about dealing with Black flies. From wearing light coloured clothing to tucking your pant legs into you socks. You even mention, which are regularly overlooked facts, that Black Flies do not bite indoors or after dark. In my younger years working as a fishing guide I too became quite familiar with the ways and whys of the Black Fly. Many times I would return to camp with a trickle of blood behind each ear. This area has the thinnest skin and gives off the greatest heat signature. Although they are an indicator of clean flowing water and an important part of a trouts diet, they are also the devil of the north and one of the reasons it took longer for the north to be explored and developed. It is common for moose to escape the feasting flies by walking out onto roadways where there is a bit of a breeze. To this day I avoid venturing north during the Black Fly season like the plague. Fishing can wait a week or two.

Such an informative video, especially when you're suffering to the degree you are in this video, deserves more views.

I went for a swim in the lake, yesterday. What an experience!

I just bought riverfront property in Maine. Wow this video is pure gold. Thanks for making it!!

This vid has really stood the test of time for me. I watch it every year mid-May as motivation, not to get me into the backcountry in June, but to talk me out of it lol. Unfortunately, this year I'm gonna have to give those little vampires their fill, it's been a long lockdown. Hope you are keeping well in these weird times

Tremendous video. I found it on a search engine, but came here just to tell you how much I enjoyed it. Truly informative and really well done. Thanks!

Thank you for the great advice and education on black flys. I just returned from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where the flys were just starting to make their appearance. I will be better prepared next year when we return.

Avon Skin so Soft not only repels them, and mosquitos, but when applied the blackflies disappear, until I need to reapply anyway. It's truly amazing how well it works. I live in the woods near several streams and go through this every spring of every year.

SUPER useful video - thank you so much for the details!

I was gonna just watch a few sec of the video but by you being so informative I watched the entire thing

Thank you SO SO MUCH for this video. I am a nature lover but I cannot handle the black flies. They make my skin crawl! I need the OFF and the net! Much appreciated!!

I had never encountered black flies in my home state of Tennessee till I moved next to a moving stream. Thanks to this video, I now better understand why and explaining the attraction to colors since I have always favored darker clothing for general wear especially pants and did not realize the problem of dark hair. So thank you for this information.

Very informative video Jeep!!! Thanks for all the hard work you always put into your videos! Cheers!

Great video full of fantastic information. Thank you for sacrificing your self for us. lol Be well and stay safe out there. -Tim

Great video, in Haliburton, ON we have 3 seasons...Blackfly season...Mosquitos season...Deerfly season, keep up the good work and thank you

Common nuisance here in Finland as well. Last time the reserve army called me to a rehearsal week, was annoying as hell to deal with mosquitoes, gadflies, deerflies, horseflies and blackflies. Hands and face full of bites when we got back home.

Great video. Thank you for sharing the information.

Thank you for the tips..I appreciate you taking the time to post this video..again thank you

I'm from southern Tennessee and the mosquitos around here are huge. My friend was intoxicated and fell asleep while camping in his truck. The next day we had to take him to the hospital the next day because he had swollen up so bad. The doctor said unfortunately for him the alcohol in his blood probably made it twice as bad. I wondered myself how he was able to drive through the swollen slits where his eyes were and the pain of it all... Poor guy... He got lucky he didn't contract any disease and has since fully recovered...

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing both your knowledge and tips, as well as a little blood for the cause!

Your video definitely made me laugh and itch! I go landlocked salmon fishing in NE Maine every year in the spring and black flies love me for it. It’s gross but I don’t wash my hair or shower with soap or use any fragrances for the entire week (only the day I’m leaving) - I just clean the personal places where the bugs can’t get to. A good application of bug repellent every day and many times throughout the day works well and maybe some DEET on the hat and cuffs when the bugs are heavy. Wear tight fitting long sleeve shirts, a tight neck buff pulled over the face and ears and up under a hat to keep them off too. Eating meat, onions and garlic seems to help as you sweat it out through your pores. It’s a real ‘guys’ trip and lots of fun but keeping the bugs at bay is a must. Now I’m looking at tying some fishing flies that imitate the black fly larvae to put the bite on those salmon! Thanks for your sacrifice and insight. You’re pretty brave for sharing!

watching this made me more itchy ahh!!

Great video and exactly the info I've been looking for. Thank you!

Only 3 eps from your channel and I already learned so much! Thanks.

Good advice! I'll keep it in mind for my upcoming trip to Canada.

My family and I just moved to the Elliot Lake area and we enjoy being outdoors during the warm weather months. We heard the blackflies can be nasty during the Spring.and early Summer. Sharing your info on how to deal with these biting insects is a great help. We will try the OFF botanicals to see how it works I prefer to use Muskol but I will try the Off,and I do have a couple bug hats as well that we use. Again Thanks for the info. :-)

Great vid! Thank you!!!

very instructive and clear nice to watch, good teacher

I always wondered about black flies and mosquitoes 🦟. May 21, 2022 in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦 the black flies has started. I do live beside a river. Thank you for pointing out in by the river and also within the city because I always wondered that because my friends are 10 minutes away and they have no black flies. Great video!

Thanks for your help

I feel very informed. Thank you!

Super helpful, thank you!

good video, very thorough, subbed

Very informative! They are obviously similiar in ways to the deer fly, but also different. Deer flies do not care what color you have on, and bug spray of any type is generally of no use. Generally will not get into your hair or under clothes. Deer flies fly fast and direct, usually landing on the neck or face. They also do not swarm like these black flies seem to do. But man do they smart when they bite.

You must have had to pee really bad to get out of the car in that swarm! Haha

I inherited my Tilley Hat from my Dad. He got it when he went to Africa after he retired in 1998. I never knew it had a pocket , hahaha ! Thanks, great video. I can't wait to get up North into the wilderness! Also , thx for info. about 'deet' !

Great information,Thank you for sharing

Cool vid, thanks for the info.

Excellent video instruction -- 100% spot on accurate. I live in Alaska where black flies are notoriously bad, far worse than mosquitoes and that's saying quite a bit.

Thank you for the useful video

In Australia we use a mixture of Dettol and baby oil then wipe over skin. Dettol is usually used as an antiseptic if you’ve never heard of it. Particularly good for tiny midges or sand flies.

great video, thank you

Thank you :) i liked all the suggestions :)

Ive learned so much watching your video thanks

Thank you! This was very informing video. Black flies can be so aggressive, I remember there was a time it bit through my cap and thick hair to bite my scalp. It even can go through my thick pair of jeans I had on.

Thanks for sharing.

Great video. I sent it to a friend who has been bitten by them all over her head and was wondering how to keep them away. Your video is great I sent it to her today. Thanks for the information👍

Good video. Informative.

man , when you whip out that net man suit, had me laughing like hell

Vinegar, witchazel, mint, eucalyptus, and lemongrass oil ...lots of vinegar and lemongrass ...they hate it

Watching this , 2022. Thanks for a great video as usual

Please do a video on ticks as well. Loving the videos so far

Excellent! Enjoyed every cut and comment.

Great video! My friends and I are going backpacking during black fly season, and after watching you get tortured for 15 minutes I am quite concerned about our trip...

Wow thats alot of bugs this video is good info because was planning on visiting maine now I will be prepared for those bugs thankyou for the video.

Brilliant video. I guess these pesky creatures are similar to our midges. Very informative thanks 👍

Great job 😊

Great idea for the Tilley pocket! Putting my mosquito net in there right now!

Thnx for the info. I will be sure to try out the OFF this season. Bugs are def. out like crazy already. Once again, thnx for sharing.

Great video. I'm sitting here with 5 red bites around my waist. Should have seen this a couple days ago. Learned to not wear oversized sweat shirts in N.H.

Oh the Little Black Fly in North Ontar-i-o, Folks look up the Black Fly Song and give it a listen : )

Totally awesome, very informative as always! Hopefully there will be a tick segment? Thanks for sharing!

Did some fishing in Maine.... Only thing that even came close to helping was DEET, Full Head Netting, long sleeves and Gloves.... Around the fire was the only place they were not present by the millions....Thanks for the suggestion

This is the best advice so far from any channel I've watched about the terrible black flies. By the way, where I live (in a large town with no closeby ponds or rivers), I have plenty of them in my garden when I'm working it. However, there is a river about a mile away. Is that considered close enough to attract them?

Cascade Blvd in Belleville. You won't believe how excited I was to see that. I too spent a lot a time there when I was a kid. You just passed my friend's old house!

Great video. Thank you. The Yellow flies here in North Florida are similar and keep me out of the woods. Unfortunately, they seem to last to October/November.

Thanks man

Sacrificing yourself for science. Thank you!!!

that was a great video with one exception,, you for got to mention permethrin,, its great too for clothing only but works great,,, been there done that!!!!!

Thank you, Sir

Jeep … This is an oldie but a goodie!!! It popped up in my suggested video playlist. Outstanding video and content. Hope this comment finds all things great and good with you and yours!!! Be safe, all my best and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas, USA. 🤠👨‍🌾✝️🙏🐩

FYI. I don't like the idea of DEET as a chemical on my body. However, I tried a product with lemon eucalyptus and my throat got stratchy and felt like it was swelling -- a modest allergic reaction, probably. So, if you try the lemon euc stuff, don't just slather it on heavily until you've given it a test run. I use DEET now because of my reaction to lemon eucalyptus stuff.

I appreciate the info we have a nasty blackfly season here in downeast Maine. and they tend to be such a problem it keep me and my family indoors

Where can I purchase the bandana featured in your video? We like your video, very informative!

I appreciate the info. Worked building power line in Northern Manitoba/70's and saw my share/swarms of Black Flies. Only bug spray that worked was Amway.Everybody Would go through a can of spray every day, bee keeper hats, taped up cuffs on shirts and pants. After that, skeeters seemed like nothing. Big difference between tourists and ,,,, guys climbing poles/towers

Thank you!!

The black flies that I encountered in MX, were half the size of those in Nee England, and they landed, cutters first, so if you let them land, it’s too late, you’re bit. Very itchy!

Hi there. 7 years late but do you know if that Off is still available. I see one online but it says mosquito repellent. Is that the same one you were using? Thanks and happy hiking.

We have blackfies from May through until the end of June or until we have a hot week in the mid 20's.Cor 80 f. Or above. WE have a cottage in Quebec Canada. It is on a lake and no running fresh water like streams. They are worse in the woods or shade. They are really thick in clouds of blackfies.

I have heard that mosquitos hate the smell of the natural oils in pine branches, so putting pine branches on an outdoor fire is a good natural repellant. Have you tried this with blackflies? Also, in the UK, we have a product made by cosmetics company 'Avon' called 'skin so soft' which many backpackers say is excellent for keeping small flies away. Have you ever tried using this (don’t know if Avon products are available in Canada though)? Interesting video. Nice work.

very informative, ... Cheers Jeep,

You did good service sir!

Any thoughts on when black fly season will start in cottage country this year?

we moved to NH last Sept from GA due transfer, The wife and I are bug outdoor folk but is miserable up here..black flies spring then the skeeters now the bitting deer flies or what ever you call them up here, you can't go for a walk without getting attacked by something..I can't wait for fall to get here...

Great video. Very helpful. Who makes that skull cap do rag hat thing? That's cool and I want one for insect protection. Thanks.

Great video,. learned a bit about the flies other then what I already know,.. I hate them :-) I do a lot of backpacking in VT,,. the general rule is to avoid doing between mothers day and fathers day (mid may to mid june)

New to your channel, very interested in your mosquito jacket .... what brand it is?

Cool video ! I'm a land surveyor in Illinois and bugs are a problem! Haha

Me, a Black man, yesterday, sweating, pushing a dethatcher, and breathing heavy. Black flies: LUNCH IS SERVED!!!!

Terrific information Jeep! We have had a cool wet spring here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the black flies and mosquitoes are about to descend on us in large numbers. Also, I went to a lecture on lyme disease last week and found it to be very interesting. Because of tourism in northern Wisconsin and Michigan the government is try to make light of how rapid this disease is spreading. They say spraying your clothing with permethrin helps. Sawyer makes a spray and it sells at Amazon. Be well. Sincerely, Ossie

We used to go to northern Ontario in July and we would get bit

I was scratching and itching all the way through this lol

I went to Canada with friends. I saw a swarm attack 1 kid and didn't attack 3 of us. I had 1 bite the whole week. The other kid had huge welts all over. They loved his skin.

Great video Jeep, very informative. Your videos are always so interesting to watch with the various cuts you do. We have the same situation down here with Yellow Flies but not as bad as what you have up there. Those bites itch like crazy. Question: Is the Off with Eucalyptus oil greasy on the skin. That's one reason I don't use DEET, because of it's oily feel. Of course the other problem with DEET is the damage it does to your equipment. I've been using Picaridin the past 4 years and it seems to work well, not greasy and is safe for my equipment but I've noticed lately I tend to get a sore throat after applying it. Maybe I'm just plain breathing too much of it, I do spray my face. I know, I know, I'm not supposed to do that but... :-) If the Off product isn't greasy, I may give that one a try. Later....

Best vid on the subject Jeep! Always good to "know thine enemy" and fight back with wisdom and knowledge. "Off" Botanicals is going in the pack in addition to the bug nets! I'd rather suffer than use DEET, can't stand the stuff. Beauty.

I try over counter lotion, pink lotion, tea tree oils, cuticle salve , Vicks, Burt bees products They met you once you open the door. Help with relief. Where do you get your gear you wear. Great video.

How did it take me this long to find your channel?? LOL!

Great video. Thanks for sharing. You missed a great opportunity for a joke around 3:10.