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Location: Metro | Hello again fellow musky addicts.
I am just wondering what people are using for gear during the fall months. What I am mainly looking for is a point in the right direction for keeping your hands warm and somewhat dry.
Any other gear recommendation as we head into fall would be great.
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Location: Illinois | Kast Gear Steelhead gloves are nice. |
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| A little thing called Whiskey |
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| X2 on Kast. |
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Location: varies | Zippo hand warmer is a nice addition to your fall gear. |
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| Here's what I do:
I have two pairs of neoprene gloves and three pairs of polypro liners. Start the day with pair #1. Switch liners about noon when the first pair gets wet. Pair #2 of liners will last for the day. In the evening, stuff the neoprene gloves full of newspapers and hang the two wet liners to dry. Re-stuff in the morning. Day #2 starts with fresh neoprene gloves and #3 of fresh dry liners. By the time you need a second set of liners, the ones from yesterday will be fully dry. Lather, rinse and repeat.
Neoprenes are bulky and not all that comfortable for casting, but even when your hands get wet they are still relatively warm. Take them off and you'll see what I mean.
For travelling between spots, or trolling, the warmest thing I have found is an old pair of military issue leather gloves with the thick wool liners.
Whatever you use, it pays to have several pairs, because they will get wet and you will get cold.
Pocket hand warmers are great for warming/drying gloves. I keep my dry(est) pair of liners in the inside pocket of my parka, so when I need to switch they are accessible and warm.
Beyond gloves?
Polypro millitary issue long underwear, covered in layers of your choice that can be removed and added as necessary, with a waterproof outer layer. Some days start out in the 20's, warm up to 55 or so and back into the 20's by day's end. We do a lot of putting on and taking off of clothes. I've been down to the poly on warm sunny days. It feels pretty stupid, but nobody a cast length away will have any idea that you're standing there fishing in nothing but long underwear. |
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| jheminva - 9/16/2015 4:29 PM
Kast Gear Steelhead gloves are nice.
Yes they are. |
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Location: midwest | I usually can get by with insulated fingerless wool gloves unless it's raining/sleeting/snowing and then as stated above...kast steelhead gloves come out. |
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Location: Okauchee, WI | Glomitts and hand warmers. The "I don't need no casting brakes I have an educated thumb" nonsense is pompous bravado this time of year. Otherwise dress for light duty ice fishing. Wind proof neck gaiter is a great way to warm up or cool off. |
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Location: Tonka, MN | I like a lighter glove. I just rotate often. I rock Kast raptors, stormrs, glacier gloves.. and a Mr. buddy.
Edited by TC24 9/16/2015 10:14 PM
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| The lightest weight windstopping gloves you can find with regular arse latex gloves beneath. The latex keeps you from getting wet, the thin gloves provide a bit of warmth. Change out the latex if/whenever the insides get wet from sweat.
Edited by bryantukkah 9/17/2015 1:12 AM
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Location: Metro | Thanks for the helpful info guys. I will be sure to pack the whiskey blanket and a lighter. I think those are the best items to have of the bunch....
I will be picking up some gloves this weekend. Probably get one nice pair and then a couple of others to rotate throughout the day. |
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Location: Minnetonka | You wouldn't regret getting a pair of Kast Steelhead gloves. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | it's fall ... yet you would think it's a trip to climb Everest ... sallies :0) |
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| Make sure you get the proper size Kast Gloves. I love my Raptors and they fit great in large. I ordered some Steelheads in the same size and they were much larger and the fingers were way to long. Other then that great gloves. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | Latex surgical gloves: Lemme provide an alternate viewpoint. Alone, the latex gloves tend to make my hands perspire almost immediately and the moisture never goes away. Plus, they are very cold when they get wet on the outside, which also happens immediately, and a cold wind blows over them. Solution for me was to use them with a pair of light poly glove liners underneath. Now, you're getting somewhere. The poly keeps you from sweating and also provides a thermal layer to keep you warm. I combine the poly liner/latex gloves with thicker wool fingerless gloves. Warm as toast for quite a while, but even this system will breakdown over time and need to be changed out during cold days.
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Location: Metro | jonnysled - 9/17/2015 9:56 AM
it's fall ... yet you would think it's a trip to climb Everest ... sallies :0)
I will be called a sally all day before I let weather force me off the lake =). |
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Location: Eagan, MN | Lou Holtz quote after William & Mary lost in the 1970 Tangerine Bowl - "We had not enough William's, and too many Mary's." |
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Location: Aurora | Tape hand warmers snug to yer wrists but use the right tape unless you like hair-free kissable soft wrists.
Warms the blood closer to yer fingers.
Ancient Chinese fly fisherman's secret.
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| jonnysled - 9/17/2015 9:56 AM
it's fall ... yet you would think it's a trip to climb Everest ... sallies :0)
Says the Norwegian guy with sausage fingers...  |
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Location: Madtown, WI | Haven't found anything better than the Youngstown Waterproof Winterplus gloves for hands. I haven't had issues with wet/cold hands for years. |
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Location: oswego, il | I use those thick polar ice fishing gloves. They keep my hands warm. They did not take much getting used to. A fishing reel acts like a heat sink and sucks the warm right out of your hands. I will be a sally, a nice kozy warm sally. |
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Location: varies | Or......get yourself an actual Sally. One with a little candy coating . she'll keep you warm. |
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| I want the kast steelhead gloves but shipping to Canada is $40... |
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Location: Minnesota |
October (average high of 50 and low of 35) - most of the time it's no gloves - maybe have a pair of choppers with hand warmers in them near the console to throw on when we are driving somewhere or if I need to warm up the hands quick. Then go back to fishing.
November (average high of 35 and low of 20) - fingerless wool gloves - make sure your hands aren't touching the reel while you are reeling in. Choppers with hand warmers in them to warm up the hands when they get cold or when moving to a different spot. Once it gets below about 30 degrees there isn't much casting going on in my boat anymore - just too hard on equipment. Then it's trolling while wearing choppers with hand warmers until we need to change a lure, land a fish, or do something else that requires the use of fingers.
Whatever you choose - don't think you can get by with one pair of gloves. I usually have 3 pairs of gloves with me for all day on the water. I never make it a whole day with one pair - always have to switch out at some point. |
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Location: Ludington, MI | What's the Dadson to Kast Gear exchange rate this week? |
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