I can’t seem to quote on my phone. One of my concerns he got some nasty hives on his belly last year. A belly bend might help.
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My previous fly sheet was an inexpensive one from Amazon with a ladybug print and a belly band. I liked both of those features lol. I struggled with the belly band fit. Mine seemed so loose I was afraid horse would catch a leg in it! So I’d dbl check how adjustable the belly band fit is on a sheet before ordering one!
That’s true. I bought a Weatherbeeta detach and neck medium weight winter blanket. The bellyband fit him well. Unfortunately with the forward facing gussets that size 78” looked pretty good but I think it rubbed him and the three days he wore it. I wanted to give it another try next winter but if it rubs I’ll sell it.
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I have used fly sheets on my two horses here in central Fla. Partially to keep the nearly white beast cleaner, and the other is sensitive to bugs. Neither of them are hard on their sheets. I buy the Tough-1 mesh, they are cheap by almost any standard and they have held up just fine. Pretty darn light in weight and they dont seem to sweat any more than they would if naked.
Note that my two are only out part of a day, neither with company in pasture. Also note that my stallion can play over fence with next pasture horses and they do not bother the sheet - though his fly mask has been “stolen” a number of times… 
Also, edited to add that I am a fan of the zebra print!
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Most of mine have been very happy in the Amigo Bug Buster. The one that needed something more breathable did well in the Schneider’s Mosquito Mesh.
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My current OTTB inherited WeatherBeeta fly sheets and they have saved his bacon. I have the neckpieces that you can add and leg boots but it gets really hot here in SC TX.I haven’t used those on him because he’s turned out on 90 acres and I don’t want to have to go look for them 
I rotate between 2 sheets and he rolls in the mud whenever we have rain. They soldier on. I throw them in my Maytag with saddle pads and they come out clean and go back to work.
I found his Cashel fly mask in the dirt yesterday. I’m not sure if he rubbed it off or the mare next to him helped him pull it off. How is the weatherbeeta for midgets?I’ve gotten a few bites from them when I’m cleaning the barn in the evening things are horrible. The mare next to him rubbed her tail badly yesterday. He used to always get really itchy I’ve been using fly spray’s and natural conditioning detangling sprays I suspect he will need a sheet soon or he will get itchy as he has in the past. One challenge for me is that I don’t live near a tack store and it’s hard to try sheets on. He has had fly sheets in the past but I never had one that seemed to fit perfectly. Did you ever have any problem with static?As I think I read a review that mentioned static as being a problem.
The ones I have are the Weatherbeeta Detach-a-Neck mesh sheets. I found a pic of one here: https://www.statelinetack.com/item/wb-comfitec-dura-mesh-detach-neck-sheet/E018519%2069%20WHB/?srccode=GPSLTB&adlclid=c61191ff4c061ba645cef16ca376ebb8&msclkid=c61191ff4c061ba645cef16ca376ebb8&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=[ADL]%20[Shopping]%20[PLA]%20Generic%20Terms&utm_term=4583451666665334&utm_content=Generic%20Terms
I don’t know about midgets—I’m in south central Texas and not sure if we have them. As far as static, has not been a problem, but that might also depend on your climate. Here, we generally have plenty of humidity in the summer so I haven’t noticed any. I"ve only noticed static in the winter with nylon blankets and ONLY when we have a north wind blowing because the air gets dry then. For size, I have 80s. They’ve fit my OTTBs from 16h and solid build to 16.3 and long and lanky with no problem. My guy right now is 16.1 and not real big around and it’s plenty roomy on him but it’s fine. It covers a LOT! When he got here in Dec., he’d had blanket rubs on his shoulders. The blankets I had didn’t do that, and the rubs went away and I’m not seeing any from his fly sheets either.
Thank you! I have a Weatherbeeta sheet which looks like a perfect fit but appears to rub him. I am most concerned about finding a perfect fit. Since all my blankets have gussets And he seems getting rubs I was thinking of trying this professional choice comfort fit fly sheet https://www.willowequestrian.com/products/professionals-choice-comfort-fit-fly-sheet-charcoal-black-69. A lot of the reviews on Google say that they fit small and to go up a size. However I asked the manufacturer and they think it fits true to size. I am in a distant location where I have to ship it back to return it is hardly worthwhile. My concern is that if the blanket fits true to size he should fit size 78” but if it fits small (as some reviews suggest ) he needs 81” for sure.
Has anybody tried the professional choice comfort fit? Does it fit Does t fit small? The other sheet I could order is tough rider fusion. I have an amigo bug rug but it fits tight in front so I don’t use it but I fear the 81” might be too big.
Midges, aka noseeums, aka sand gnats
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Schneider’s makes a lot of options in fits for various shoulder/neck/withers types. I have used the mosquito mesh, which is stiff, on my Friesian cross. You can get it with a belly band or without, with an add-on neck if you want it. It has lining in the front.
My mare doesn’t tend to get rubs, at least in the Schneider blankets and sheets. It could be that I am just lucky. The sheets last multiple years. She and her pasture mates aren’t really destructive, but Schneiders are well made. Schneider has good prices.
I love the pix ppl are sharing. Adorable.
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It’s a good fit but seems a bit tight in his neck line. I am thinking 78” but maybe a v neck in the future.
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I have a mare that is allergic to most inspects (and pollen), so wears a fly sheet with a belly band. They both wear fly sheets now. The allergic one usually wears the Weatherbeta comfifit but last year I got the stiffer one, can’t think of the name of it at the moment - but didn’t start using it until this year. Overall I thought I was really happy with it (it seems to keep them cooler, hasn’t rubbed so far and they didn’t break out in sweat this weekend in the heatwave), but on saturday I found that the larger flies got up under it - it might be a fluke since it was just a single day, but if it happens again, then the sheets have got to go.
My other mare did really well with Saxon, but they changed the design last year and the new design didn’t fit her as well. They are both arabs, one broader shouldered (Weatherbeta fit her better, but the old style Saxton did okay too) and the other narrower. I see a lot of horses around in Horsewears, but I haven’t personally used them. Good luck!
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I big nasty horse fly got under his sheet once. It was a softer one with a bellyband. Totally freaked me and the horse out!
This would be my fear with a fly sheet. We dint get an obsessive amount of flies where I am located but my horse absolutely hates bugs. A fly under a fly sheet would be terrible.
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It’s those nasty horse flies. I hate em!
Mr LS was chasing horse flies with the electric fly swatter last night trying to keep them off my old gimpy horse. Lol
He is getting the start of rubs. I’m disappointed. The flies are not too bad here I’m going to fly spray twice daily and his cashel fly mask for the time being.
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Ugh. It’s so hard with blankets. I think it is Smartpak that has the easy peasy return policy with 
satisfaction guarantee? Where you can send stuff back if it isn’t working out. Might be good to look into if you decide to revisit a fly sheet.
I’m spraying morning noon and night and still issues with horse flies in the late evening/ dusk hours. Bah humbug
I can see your picture now!
So my horse, which may have zero correlation with your horse, fits into an 81 like in your picture. I get 84 s with an adjustable front and have to do the fronts on almost the tightest setting. The result is he doesn’t look like he is choking when grazing.
Interesting. I have an old rain sheet that is 82” or 84” high neck. The length is quite long at the back but otherwise the fits as doesn’t shift him or rub. I throw a quilt underneath in a snow storm and he’s set.
I purchased him a weatherbeeta ultra snuggly this spring. It was not too tight in the front it looked like a pretty good fit other than the forward facing gussets were so forward on him they didn’t look quite right on him. I only tried this Blanket three nights on him but I thought I was in fact rubbing him. I’ve been blanketing this horse for the past 16 years and I’ve never had a rub prior to the this spring.I am thinking high neck may be the most comfortable too bad they don’t think a high neck fly sheet. The Integrated necks are suggested to be more comfortable fit I just didn’t think you’d want to be that covered.
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