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Image by Bruce MartinOne of the challenges we face while trail running up here in the summer are deer flies. They're a major annoyance whenever you enter the woods, and advice on dealing with them ranges from sticking a fern frond in your hat so that it extends vertically from your head (apparently they aim for the highest spot, and you get to look like a crazy person while you run), or the more common advice to simply "run faster."
Well, my friend Jim just posted a picture on Facebook showing a little contraption that he made to deal with the flies so that he could continue to get in his runs on his favorite trails. He coated a plastic cup with some sticky stuff called Tanglefoot
, pinned it to his running hat, and took off through the woods. Here's what he had to say: "One "trolling deer fly trap" + one slow jog on the local trails = 50+ deer flies, DEAD!!! Silly, fun, and effective. I shall reclaim my beloved trails now, thankyouverymuch." The photographic evidence is below - I'd love to hear what his wife had to say about this!
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