A tick-free summer

There's no reason to get freaked out or to get afraid being in the outdoors. But with just a few good sense tips you can enjoy a tick free summer. After reading Tom's posting on his blog about ticks made me realize that fishermen should be educated rather than freaked out about ticks.

Especially my buddy Rolf is one terrified mama when it comes down to this subject. I remember one trip to Austria's Koppen Traun river where he was all zipped up to his chins wearing a rain jacket. Mind you it was around 30 degrees (around 90 F) with a clear blue sky! Needless to say that he was sweating like a seal in the jungle... *grin!*

Here's some good information on keeping tick free as well as taking care of it if you got bitten by one of these nasty critters.