Outdoor extras, including a wading tip and recipe

Posted on: April 4, 2018 | Bob Frye | Comments

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Gear of the week

Gear name: Picaridin

Wading for fish can be fun.

Picaridin

Company: Sawyer Products (https://www.everybodyshops.com/sawyer-premium-insect-repellent-20-picaridin-6-ounce-continuous-spray.html)

Gear type: Insect repellent

Product description: Ticks, some of which carry Lyme disease, are a huge problem for anyone who spends time outdoors these days. That’s just the unfortunate reality. So it pays to take precautions. That’s where Picaridin comes in. It’s an insect repellent made for using on skin, one of just three varieties that the U.S. Center for Disease Control recommends. Unlike DDET, though, the best-known repellant, it will not harm gear or equipment. And in addition to repelling ticks, it wards off mosquitoes, biting flies, gnats, chiggers and fleas, all for up to eight hours.

Available options: This is a 6-ounce continuous spray. The same product is available in a 4-ounce lotion variety, too.

Suggested retail price: $6.99.

Notable: Picaridin is virtually odorless. A slight citrus scent has been added, and you’ll notice it when you first spray it on. It disappears quickly, though, leaving not scent behind.

Tip of the week

You’ve got waders, so you want to go wading, right? Of course. But do it in moderation. Waders – be they hip boots or chest waders – can be an absolute necessity, especially in spring when the water is too cold for the summertime joy of wet wading. You sometimes have to get into a stream or river to reach spots more than a good cast away from shore. But walking in the water can disturb fish. So wade when you need to, always traveling upstream so any debris you kick up flows away from teh fish you;re after, but don’t overdo it.

Recipe of the week

Baked lemon trout

Ingredients

  • 4 10- to 12-inch trout
  • seasoned flour
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • paprika
  • corn oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 lemon

Directions

Here’s a multi-step recipe that’s worth the effort.

First, create your own seasoned flour by mixing the flour, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste in one bowl. Set aside.

Next, make your lemon sauce. Melt the butter, then add the juice of one fresh lemon. Set aside, but keep it warm.

Finally, pat the fish dry, then salt inside and out. Coat with the seasoned flour.

Put the fish in a baking dish containing about 1 to 2 tablespoons of corn oil per fish. Cover each fish with three pats of butter. Sprinkle with the paprika.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes, then flip the fish and go 10 minutes more. Remove from the over, pour the lemon sauce over the fish, then place in the broiler until brown.

Garnish with lemon wedges and parsley and serve.

Bob Frye is the everybodyadventures.com editor. Reach him at 412-838-5148 or bfrye@535mediallc.com. See other stories, blogs, videos and more at everybodyadventures.com.

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