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Location: Central Pennsylvania | What are y’all using when casting in cold weather? I tried the other day and froze my hands pert near clean off. |
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Location: Ludington, MI | Fingerless wool until I can't take it anymore, then Kast Steelhead gloves. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Yep. A few pair of fingerless woolies, change out when wet. Then XXL mittens for between spots/warm fingers back up. |
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| L&M Fleet Supply near me has fingerless rag wool gloves with rubber anti slip dots on the palm for $5.99. To keep dry a little longer, I spray with Camp Dry.
Couple years ago, bought a pair of Neoprene Glacier Gloves and was surprised at how quickly I adjusted to casting with them. Do have to add a little bit of Shoe Goo, a liquid rubber to the thumb of the glove you use to thumb the spool after a while. |
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Location: NW WI | Yup fingerless wool, when it gets even colder-I'll switch to that cold work wear style of glove you can find in any hardware or sports shop. Theres loads of brands all making the same concept. Where either 1/2 or the entire thing is dipped in latex. They're cheap, warm, and low profile. I keep 3 dry pairs zipped in my jacket so when I gotta switch I'm putting a warm pair on. It'll feel weird at first but like 8 said- it doesn't take long to get adjusted to gloved casting.
Hand warmers are a must too! |
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Location: Brighton CO. | Wool glove liner on left hand holding the fore grip and rag wool fingerless on reel hand. (of course have numbers of each) Ice fishing mittens between spots. Hot coffee too. |
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| I've tried a bunch but the by far is a pair like these: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/glacier-glove-fleece-lined-neoprene-...
and then I wear latex gloves with a hand warmer inside of them underneath. The latex does a better job of keeping your skin dry bc even the most expensive waterproof gloves will sooner or later get wet on the inside |
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Location: Walker, MN | Wrist/sweat bands can be great for holding hand-warmers on your wrists. Amazing how much warmer your fingers will stay with hand-warmers on your wrist. |
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| They're pretty expensive, but the Simms ProDry work well for me. They have a wool liner and a GoreTex shell. The wool liners have a pocket for handwarmers on your wrist, which hack your body and seem to help pump warm blood into your hand.
I have pretty big hands and I wish they made XXL size, but the XL work well enough for a day casting. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | Well the good news is more and more stuff is available and of better quality, and yes it can cost you. We don't have to look like the kid in "A Christmas Story" to be warm. I've fished with guides and resort people in the fall and when we got off the water boy I didn't think you would make it. Dress in layers with the right stuff. Good high quality long underwear, wool, and Goretex.
It may look like your dressed light but with the right stuff you'll be warm. (and your lifejacket as a layer too) |
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Location: oswego, il | Ice armor gloves. They are bulky but my hands stay warm. Just have to get used to thumbing the spool with them. I palm the feel and being metal acts like a heat sink. |
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Location: Michigan | Nitrile exam gloves underneath generic work gloves. The exam gloves keep your hands dry which is a big part in keeping them warm. I also have about 3-5 pairs of generic work gloves in the boat when I go out. When the pair you're wearing gets a little too wet, just replace them with a fresh/dry pair. |
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| Masqui-ninja - 10/23/2022 7:38 PM
Wrist/sweat bands can be great for holding hand-warmers on your wrists. Amazing how much warmer your fingers will stay with hand-warmers on your wrist.
That's clever.
I was never able to wear gloves, including fingerless, while fishing no matter how cold. Just one of those people who can tolerate it, I guess. Once sliced my finger on an auger blade and it didn't bleed. When my hands become beyond numb, when they start not working, then I throw them into a set of fine leather Choppers already toasty with big hand warmers.
But nobody on M1 can tolerate cold like Al Warner. He's somewhere between an Eskimo and an alien. |
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Location: Duluth | Used to swear by Simms ProDry but now I wear these https://www.wellslamont.com/product/hydrahyde-split-leather-adjustab...
Started wearing them during haulout at the marina a few years ago, they costs $19 so you can have multiple pairs on board, they are incredibly water proof, dexterity is great and braided line doesnt shred them like it did my ProDrys.
And I finally wised up and started using sailing foul weather gear when its real cold and crappy, sailing gear is waaay tougher and the waterproof cuffs are a life saver. |
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| Yes, sailing folks tend to have the best foul weather gear. In the 1980s I lived in the U.P. and was cross country skiing 5 or 6 days/nights a week. Co-worker sailed on Lake Superior and told me about this new type of long underwear from Helly Hansen. Polypropylene was new and really expensive but so superior for active cold weather sports it was worth it. |
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Location: Storm Lake, IA | striker stealth gloves. If you haven't tried them your missing out. |
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Location: Vilas County, WI | Rubber/nitrile exam type gloves are the ticket. Wear those under anything else, or just wear them alone. Heat stays inside your hand; cold water stays off. |
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| I have tried just about all options and found 2 that work the best for me. First are Stormyr brand fleece lined neopreene gloves. Warm, dry and have a coating on thumb and forefinger to protect the gloves from casting braided line. The second are Sealskinz brand goves. They are also warm, dry with a little more dexterity. Also have proection from braided line. By the way an important consideration for keeping hands (and feet) warm is to keep your core body warm. Dont overlook your keeping your head and neck warm. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | I will from personal experience add we should stay out of the water. Resort owners get a good laugh out of jeans frozen solid on the clothes line. |
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| For about 20 years or more, I've used the original Glacier Gloves. They weren't lined, just the neoprene. I liked that the tips of the index fingers and thumbs could be pulled back, to give you feel on spinning gear for walleye, and for tying. Also allowed you to use your bare thumb on baitcasters. Some water would get in, but it didn't matter, as the neoprene keeps all the heat in, so even when you were a little wet, you were warm. They finally needed replacing last year, so I tried the Striker Stealth. I really like them. Very warm and dry. Since the thumb tip doesn't pull back like the Glacier Gloves, I put a couple wraps of athletic tape around the thumb, to protect the neoprene from the braided line. Worked like a charm. |
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Location: On the River | Kast Steehead fishing gloves until it get below 35 degrees
Ice Armour gloves after that |
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Location: SE Wisc | When I first got started in carpentry my boss(a good friend to this day) went the entire winter without gloves and we worked everyday no matter the temp. There must of been days he was in some serious pain but won’t show it, tuff guy type.
His hands doubled in size by spring and the following winter he went back to wearing the acrylic dipped gloves that we still use today (and wear for cold weather fishing). He said he probably had nerve damage which I could believe!
So if you’re tough enough you can definitely make it fishing without gloves! His hands are still big though. |
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| I’ve been using Memphis Ninja Ice gloves from Amazon the last few seasons for late season casting. Can easily cast and use a split ring pliers. I can cast in the high 20s/low30s in these. They are cheap so I just bring multiple pairs with for the day as they aren’t 100% waterproof. Just coated on the contact side. For brutally cold trolling or sucker fishing a pair of ice armor ice fishing gloves work well. |
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| Ciscokid82 - 11/2/2022 7:10 PM
When I first got started in carpentry my boss(a good friend to this day) went the entire winter without gloves and we worked everyday no matter the temp. There must of been days he was in some serious pain but won’t show it, tuff guy type.
His hands doubled in size by spring and the following winter he went back to wearing the acrylic dipped gloves that we still use today (and wear for cold weather fishing). He said he probably had nerve damage which I could believe!
So if you’re tough enough you can definitely make it fishing without gloves! His hands are still big though.
Whew, that is hardcore. Many years ago, I worked on road construction, the summer after high school. We completed the section of freeway between Tomah and Sparta. All summer my crew's job was to pull and tie 60' rebar. Pair of leather work gloves would last two days, three if you applied electrical tape (pre duct tape). To save money, one of the dimmer members of our crew, who had pretty tough hands, decided to build calluses, to eliminate the need for gloves. He tore his hands to pieces and got an infection. Ended up missing over a week of work. Came back wearing gloves. After seeing his hands, we all decided the gloves really were not that expensive. |
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Location: oswego, il | Just a side note here, when the water gets really cold I don't wear a release glove anymore when handling a fish. They aren't water proof and act like a heat sink zapping the energy out of your hands. I've actually had a hard time getting them off my hands after a release and I can see a situation where you can't get them off at all which is a bad situation. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | I might be the only one....but another thought, try waterproof ski gloves. They're a little bulkier and you'll never tie a knot with them on, but if you can keep your hands dry between taking them off:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ODHHAJ0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J7TIOR0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000UJGYQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_... |
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| I've posted this before,,this works,,it works,it really works!!
Go to menards,home depot etc and buy all rubber uninsulated gloves get them big.
Then go buy some rag wool full fingered gloves,,the key to rag wool is finding the ones that have the highest percentage of wool in them. Some claim to be wool but only have 40% or so.They sell mid weight rag wool gloves on Amazon for $10. The rubber keeps your hands waterproof and the wool keeps them warm. It works.
For those who cant wear wool you should take a look at the "Kast King - ice river gloves" I haven't tried them because my above choice works but they look very good have honest reviews and very affordable. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | In this day of fleece wool still rules! And it retains it's warmth when it's wet. |
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| If you put nitrile surgical gloves underneath it keeps hand dry and warm longer even if gloves get wet. |
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Gloves for cold water casting