By Sean Fagan
Taking a short, shade-break. South Portugal (Photo: Sean Fagan).
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With bushcraft & survival that the ability to create a large, smokey fire can be important for emergency signalling when marooned in a wild, remote place.
Another essential application of smokey fires is for deterring biting flies, such as mosquitoes.
Where biting flies commonly occur - they can be a serious irritant when unchecked - so much so, that they can seriously mar any outdoor excursion into nature.
The standard approach to deterring biting flies is usually a combination of wearing protective clothes and applying insect repellent on exposed skin - but it's always a good idea to have a number of solutions to one problem, such as biting flies, because anybody can lose/forget their insect repellent and even protective clothing is often not enough to deter more aggressive biting flies (such as horseflies).
Find out how to make a smokey fire and what natural materials you can use to create a smokey fire...
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