One other thing that is VERY important. The ELISA test is garbage. I tested negative on that 3 times. If its in the beginning of the infection get a Western Blot. There are many many many false negatives with this disease in regards to testing and at the same time there is no such thing as a false positive. Sorry I’m hijacking the thread. Just thought I had to share.

In regards to the home brew. In my research deet will not fully protect you from these dam ticks. It would be hard to make a home brew strong enough I think but it is possible. With permithium, after dried, if they land on your clothes they die.

Exactly what I’m talking about. Most doctors know the old protocol for Lyme;…bulls eye rash equals antibiotics. This is why chronic Lyme Disease is on such an uptick. There is NOTHING unique about a tick bite besides a bulls eye rash. A lot of people infected do not even know they are bitten. I didn’t get any symptoms until a month later and my eyes just went blurry one day randomly. No flu like symptoms. Then I almost fainted one day a couple weeks after that….then all hell broke loose like three months later in the fall with extreme fatigue and orthostatic issues.

I can’t warn people enough about how important it is to protect yourself from ticks this time of year. I was diagnosed with “Chronic Lyme” about a month ago after struggling with a multitude of crazy symptoms that over 20 doctors could not figure out the cause for. I can’t stress how important it is to get checked or take antibiotics for a short period of time if you think you have been bitten by a deer tick. I did not get a bulls eye around any tick bite and only around 60% of people actually do get the bulls eye rash. I have borrelia burgdorferi aka(lyme), and two co-infections Bartonellia and Babesia. I’m on three different antibiotics right now and will most likely need to be on them for a year or more. The goal is to get me to remission and I will now always have lyme and can never be cured. I wouldn’t wish what I have gone through on anyone. I just know that a lot of people on this board are like me and spend a lot of time outdoors in the spring and you need to know that you don’t always get the bulls eye rash. If your are bitten by a tick and then have any of these symptoms; extreme fatigue, headache, flu like symptoms, aches all over, rapid heart, blurry vision, orthostatic issues or just feel off. Get to a doctor or more importantly a Lyme Literate Doctor LLMD ASAP. As I found regular doctors don’t know jack about this disease. I just want everyone to know what I didn’t know, you don’t need to get a bulls eye rash to get this very serious disease! From what I gather permithium is the best there is and you’re right Will tucking the pants and looking like a dork is better than being screwed up in the head the rest of your life. Take care guys.

Shammy,

The most under-rated lake in our state. Lake Bemidji.

The last couple years I’ve started to do well on hair and really have been looking for good ones in stores. I just started tying my own last week and it is a blast! It is very easy and once you have all the stuff the options are endless. Really just go by a cheap kit and a couple of colors you like to use; watch a couple youtube instructional vids and you are set. It’s easy. Here are just a couple from this week. I started last week and I have around 20 in a box ready to go.

Baby walleye and shiner pattern.

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I have the same boat and used the flush mount cabelas rod holders. They look nice and you just pop the cap off and slide them in and you’re ready to rock.