The last couple of years I haven’t been able to find the Muskol liquid repellant and was beginning to fear that it was no longer made. Replacing it on store shelves was an assortment of products, flavored with Mango, Licorice, or Vanilla.
I read the dermatologist testimonials that framed each package, but failed to pull the trigger, opting instead to go with my last bottle of “the good stuff.” One vendor assured me the product was no longer made, and that 100% DEET had caused its demise.
I looked up DEET on the Web, curious what I had been basting myself with for the last decade. Not to worry, as prolonged exposure merely mutates your chromosomes until reproduction is futile. I did giggle at the excerpt from the EPA:
” Sunscreen products are intended for frequent generous use, and DEET products are intended for spare infrequent use. “
It’s obvious the above author doesn’t fish, as most anglers slather themselves mightily prior to leaving the parking lot. I had always hoped that Muskol was introducing both a shampoo and a body wash, myself.
Fear not, Muskol is alive and well. It no longer boasts of “100% DEET” like the old concoction, now it is a 70% DEET, 30% Active Toluamides. DEET is a toluamide, so they may just be wordsmithing the container to make reproduction still seem possible.
kbarton10,
First we must examine the larger question “Is reproduction still possible after prolonged use of Muskol?” in light of its elements:
1/ Isn’t it necessary to have someone from the distaff side who will bear both your enduring smell and your child?
2/ Do male fly fishers still remember the requisite graces necessary to engage – intellectually, emotionally, and physically – members of the “gentler sex”?
3/ How do true fly fishers, who may spend hours each day standing waist-deep in cold running water, find the libidinal reserve to procreate?
4/ Is it necessary to drape attractive young women in Hoffman capes before fly fishermen will acknowledge their existence?
More questions present themselves – especially whether there is benefit or loss in tossing fly fishermen into the gene pool – but these are enough to ponder.
Best regards,
Reed
1. Technically, but with a good lawyer, I dunno..
2. I get the physical part, What? there’s more?
3. Viagra and RedBull. Do not try this at home.
4. Any woman draped in Hoffman is a keeper, I can’t remember whether there is a daily bag limit though, can you?