Yeah Jim, I have several Midgie Hats, with fine mesh nets, I have also used ladies tights, pulled over my head, in the absence of a Midgie net, those kept them down a bit… The Midgie has several attack points though, it particularly likes the wrists, and backs of your hands, when it can’t get near your face, they will crawl inside your jacket, and bite to their heart’s content… Many years ago, I learned of a Moisturizer called “Avon SFS” (Soft For Skin) it works, 95% of the time, with just the odd Kamikaze Midge still biting, but it’s greasy on the skin, and uncomfortable, and as the Midge come up in veritable clouds, as soon as you take that net off, they land on you in seconds, and you are absolutely covered with them, in your eyes, in your ears, up your nose, you also swallow lots of them, you might have several thousand on the backs of you hands alone… In the end, much as I love the West, you learn to avoid the North West Coast of Scotland, absolutely stunning scenery, and absolutely brilliant fishing, but it comes at a price, but not in monetary terms, it’s usually free fishing… If you do go, you pray for sunshine, and a bit of wind, if it’s flat calm, with drizzle or mist, you are in for torture, and plenty of it! Nowadays, I tend to fish predominantly on the East Coast, the East Coast Midge, is a mere irritation in comparison to the West Coast version, the East Coast Midge do bite, but not in the numbers & ferocity of their Western Sisters
They attack with venom, and are downright vicious, it must be “Phychosomatic” I am scratching again, thinking about the little blighters
Cheers Kev 