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| I have a tournament on Saturday and the weather is 46 with rain and 10-20 mph east winds. What kind of gloves would suffice to keep me comfortable for it? |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | I've never been able to find good gloves that allow me to cast well. With gloves it's so hard to thumb the spool with any feel and if too bulky, material gets caught between the handle and drag star. IMO, it's not worth wearing gloves.
I prefer to cast bare handed and keep a couple pair of warm gloves to throw on while traveling between spots. You're talking 46 degrees anyway Sally. Try fishing northern WI in November. LOL. |
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| You hurt my feeling. Lol I know it doesn't sound that cold but its a tournament and I don't run and gun I fish the whole time. So there is no time for my hands to warm up. I had a pair of neoprene gloves but those didn't work out so well. Well I have fished down here in November and it's pretty cold here to in the 30's. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I have used Nitrile Medical Examination gloves they have no insulation but retain body heat and keep your hands dry. If a brain surgeon can operate in them you should have no trouble casting. A box of 100 is quite reasonable. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | I tried a few different types of gloves last fall, and like said before it is really hard to cast and thumb the spool while wearing gloves. I even went as far as to special order some thin underarmor type gloves, but there again issues casting, and once they got wet they never dried. Not only that but I find it harder to do little things with gloves on like re-tying a knot, or switching a lure. Regardless of temperature, I ended up just scrapping the whole thought of gloves and went bare handed all the way through November. |
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Location: Sussex, NJ | I wear Glacier Glomits and they're nice for fishing when its cold. You can fold back the thumb piece so you can still thumb the spool. Plus the palms are neoprene so your hands stay dry when you touch your baits and a fish. They are really warm and I love them. You can get them at cabelas heres the link:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Glacier-Glomitts/751124.uts?Ntk=AllP... |
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| Sealskinz!
Get a pair of Sealskinz Ultra Grip gloves, they are 100% waterproof and have a wool inner so they keep you warm as well. |
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| The Ice Armor ice fishing gloves (the lighter version) run about $35 and they are the best I've tried. Very nice fit without too much bulk. They repel moisture very well and will keep your hands warm. |
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| I live in chicago land and I have a gander mountian and bass pro plus other stores. And I need them by Friday.. what stores are they at? |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I've fished in weather as cold as our equipment allows us to cast in using thin fingerless (and thumbless) 100% wool gloves. In general they keep your hands and fingers a little warmer and you still have good feeling and dexterity. Wool might not be the BEST in an all day soaker, though wool does retain heat a little better than some other materials when wet.
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Location: New Hope MN | horsehunter - 4/26/2012 7:53 AM
I have used Nitrile Medical Examination gloves they have no insulation but retain body heat and keep your hands dry. If a brain surgeon can operate in them you should have no trouble casting. A box of 100 is quite reasonable.
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I learned this from SpringBaySteve last year. the only thing he taught me differently was to get those girly insulated gloves. The really thin ones that stretch and wear those on those under the medical gloves. Frankly, the insulated gloves were only needed when it was below 40. Otherwise the vinyl or nitrile gloves work fine by themselves.
Shaley mentioned that he uses rubber dishwashing gloves. I tried that, and it is a close second. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | dtaijo174 - 4/26/2012 11:36 AM
horsehunter - 4/26/2012 7:53 AM
I have used Nitrile Medical Examination gloves they have no insulation but retain body heat and keep your hands dry. If a brain surgeon can operate in them you should have no trouble casting. A box of 100 is quite reasonable.
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I learned this from SpringBaySteve last year. the only thing he taught me differently was to get those girly insulated gloves. The really thin ones that stretch and wear those on those under the medical gloves. Frankly, the insulated gloves were only needed when it was below 40. Otherwise the vinyl or nitrile gloves work fine by themselves.
Shaley mentioned that he uses rubber dishwashing gloves. I tried that, and it is a close second.
I might need to color them camo or write Musky Hunter on them to bring myself to wear them, but that sounds like a great idea actually. The thin gloves for a touch of warmth and the other gloves over the top to keep them dry.
Do you guys get the cold clammy feeling when wearing the nitrile gloves after a while? I imagine they don't breathe at all.
I should pick up a box of them to try though.
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Location: Oshkosh | I also have had good luck with the fingerless wool gloves, and the Ice Armor gloves. For the frigid cold temp of 46....... I would think the fingerless wool gloves will work good for you. Here you go at Bass Pro! Pick up a couple of pairs.
http://www.basspro.com/Fingerless-Ragg-Wool-Fly-Fishing-Gloves-for-...
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Location: colorado | Learned a long time ago from traveling bye motorcycle.(not for freezing temps) a Pair of gas station brown jersey gloves inside regular dish washing gloves is hard to beat at any price for cool and rainy. if it's not to cold i wear just a bit smaller pair of dish washing gloves. No they dont last forever but they are cheap and give me good feel. |
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Location: Grand Forks ND | http://www.glacierglove.com/
Look at the Ice Bay neoprene glove, they are awesome. I buy them small so they are real tight and have great dexterity with them. |
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Location: New Hope MN | Here's 40" on a mid November trip in MN with at 30mph winds. Cold @ss day, but I promise the gloves worked and they cost about $8. They do get caught in hooks quite easily, but just replace them. Cheap!
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| I live in chicago also and bought a pair of thin neopreme gloves in the fly fishing section at bass pro in boiling brook..they were thin enough to tie knots,100 percent water proof, also had like a thin fleece material in the inside so they were easy to put on and take off. ill also be fishing that tournament..good luck-steve |
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| I just looked at the glacier bay site and the one pair are the ones I bought at bass pro. There the 2mm thick ones with no strap or thumb hole. they work awesome
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| I'm telling ya.... Surgical Gloves can be perfect with hand warmers tossed in them. Being a surgical rep I have access to some of the strongest surgical gloves and they sure work great! I've had 2 hand surgeries and my hands are super sensitive to the cold. I'll throw a glove on, hand warmer on back of hand and another glove over top and they will last all day with ease. I'll even go as far as putting a hand warmer on my palm which fits comfortably on the hand which is reeling. Certain gloves will have powder in them to reduce moisture and keep you dry. They'll stay fairly dry all day and I get a full day in before the thumb is torn up from thumbing the reel/line. If it's really bad, add a thin glove on top of surgical glove and your in business on even the most brutal days. I always keep a box full of them in the boat and wouldn't fish cold weather without them!! |
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| esox4130 - 4/26/2012 8:28 PM
I live in chicago also and bought a pair of thin neopreme gloves in the fly fishing section at bass pro in boiling brook..they were thin enough to tie knots,100 percent water proof, also had like a thin fleece material in the inside so they were easy to put on and take off. ill also be fishing that tournament..good luck-steve
Thanks alot. I will go to the one in gurnee today and pick them out. Ill buy you a beer at Famous Freddies afterwards because Ill be the youngest guy there holding the check for 10k for the 50"  |
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| http://www.basspro.com/Glacier-Glove-FleeceLined-Neoprene-Gloves/pr...
are these the ones you are talking about? |
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| i'm with MuskieSwede on the SealSkinz, they work very well and i've often found myself wearing them in the winter while driving to work and stuff too, haha. |
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Location: Maine Township, MN | Glacier Glove Ice Bay gloves. |
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| lol no problem..Tough today when i pre fished, but I know just where to pop a 50!!!!! lol |
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