About Foxfly Products

Foxfly visors are made of 100% quality cotton twill with Velcro closure at the back. The self-cloth covered brim is designed to a) give good sun protection to both face and ears, and b) optimise the visors' effectiveness against flies. The Foxfly flynet is also made of fine cotton.
ROLL OVER THE VISORS TO RELEASE THEIR FLYNETS

Iconic, unique, but oh so annoying

The Australian bush fly is a unique Australian icon. It's probably also the most maddening. Musca vetustissima has annoyed the hell out of everyone since the arrival of the First Fleet, and the Aboriginals for thousands of years before that. That's why the Great Aussie Salute is all about bush flies - not blowies or mozzies.

Bred in dung deposited by some 20 million Aussie cows at a rate of more than a dozen juicy pads per day, they virtually blanket this vast continent every summer in search of food. And, as it turns out, their favourite dish is right in your face - protein-rich moisture from eyes, mouth, nose and ears.

Once their "radar" has locked on to you, there's no getting away. Unless, that is, you enter what the bush flies' instinct interprets as a no-go zone. You see, Mother Nature has programmed them to avoid going inside anything. Just as She's given their cousin, the house fly, an acute aversion in the opposite direction: House flies, as the name suggests, can't stand going outside!

That's why bush flies sit happily on fine mesh fly veils, just as they do on your back, arms and golf bag. But they steer well clear of the demarcation line drawn by the free-hanging Foxfly flynet.
Foxfly... shoo fly!

About The Net in The Hat Company

Some of the most useful inventions are also the most obvious. Obvious, that is, after someone has come up with the answer to an age-old problem. Like putting wheels on a suitcase, or a decent handle on the can opener.

The laconic, slow motion swipe known as the Great Aussie Salute is a bit like that. So, too, that whacky beekeeper net, we thought. Just waiting to be raised a notch or two.

As it turns out, the answer was readily at hand. You see, one of our directors, Kerry Rieve, had been quietly fly-free for the best part of 10 years, thanks to a traditional cotton flynet handed down by her late father, Frank. That's a lot of road-testing in all sorts of bush fly conditions. Not to mention heaps of spontaneous and totally unsolicited feedback from fair dinkum focus groups.

Time to beat the Great Aussie Salute!

NOTE: The Net in The Hat Company is a family business. They design, manufacture and wholesale all Foxfly products throughout Australia, and do not sell directly to the public.