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I wear the same getup when I fish, whether it's May, July, August or October.
I wear a long sleeve turtle neck shirt, and a nylon wind breaker.
Any exposed areas get blasted with bug spray before I put on my gloves.
Keep in mind that I do this wading down the canal or on the bridge in Duxbury because the skeeters are bad, PEROID.
I've gotten weird looks from others when I fish in Duxbury, until they end up doing the mosquito "slap-dance" because they are too exposed and those little blood-suckers will find somewhere to bite!
I should mention that it's not the little ones that I'm defending against.
Those are easy: just bug spray.
The ones I'm fighting against are the "tiger" mosquitos, are relatively new import from across the pond. They are bigger than the traditional ones, and are much more agressive. They will fly in you face, eyes, ears and nose. Bug spray does work, but they play "the numbers game" by CONSTANTLY landing and biting, landing and biting, etc.... with the hopes of striking oil. They are also notorious for what I call "the hit and run" bite. They land and bite very quickly, so that more often than not they escape your swat.
Bottom line: COVER UP AND BUG SPRAY
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