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Location: Medford, WI | sorenson - 10/24/2008 3:22 PM
I'll post for Sled - "Grow a set and toughen up, you Sallies"
;-)
I love it!!! I personally use the wool, fingerless mittens. For motoring to new spots or anytime I want to warm my hands up, I bring choppers along. Bringing multiple pairs is always a good idea.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | must be a norwegian thing ... i agree with EA and Sorno ...
mind over matter. gloves get in the way ... just toughen up a little. but, seriously, unless the air temps. are below freezing for some reason i don't get cold hands.
if i do need to warm up there's nothing i've found to warm your hands than a pair of choppers ... or just cup em and blow in them awhile.
must suck to have circulation problems ... but then with the size of the viagra/cialus market i guess it's not surprising ... lol |
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| Wow, Sled agreed with me. Which wouldn't be all that unusual except that I hadn't posted anything! 
I HATE gloves. But I was blessed (cursed) with the skinniest fingers you'll ever see on a guy, like having slim jims for fingers. Because of that, my hands get cold even on decent days.
I've tried fingerless wool gloves. They work ok until they get wet, then my fingers get numb anyway. I've tried normal gloves. Keeps our hands warm but you may as well be wearing oven mitts. I bought two pairs of the glacier gloves, and an extra polypro liner. That approach is actually not too bad. When one pair gets soaked you can switch gloves. When that one gets soaked too you can switch liners. That will usually get me through the day. But as others have said, they're bulky, you lose a lot of dexterity, and once you poke them with hooks you're done.
Interesting thing to note: If I keep the rest of my body warm enough, my hands don't seem to get as cold.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | your boots and your hat will keep the rest of you warm ... it's true. invest in some good waterproof warm boots and get a stormy chromer. that will cover the most important parts to keep warm. you core will stay warm then with light layers focussing on the first layer being tight to your skin and the rest keeping wind and water off of you. most cold-weather athletes maintain a good amount of flexibility vs. bulk and the same holds true for being out there fishing.
edit ... it's safer that way too ... less chance to stumble, trip or get off balance
Edited by jonnysled 10/27/2008 3:26 PM
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Location: Minnesota | If I am casting I rarely wear gloves and then I will wear the fingerless wool gloves. I put on choppers to move from spot to spot. Like others said, keeping the core warm is key. I keep about 4 pairs of dry wool gloves with me every time I go out, just in case. I hate putting on wet gloves after I take them off for something.
If I am trolling I will definitely have gloves on but as soon as I have to do something other than just hold a rod the gloves come off. Gloves do get in the way.
I have noticed that you forget about how cold your hands might be as soon as a fish is seen, hooked, or boated. |
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| Sled...I seem to remember a day in Nov on the Mani Chain you were too tough to show up with gloves but boy were you happy I brought extras...the sh*t sure does get deep around you doesn't it...
lmao!!!!! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i've always used a disclaimer for when the air temps. are below freezing. that day we faced that and yup, your cotton glove stash helped me out no doubt.
the fact i showed up without gloves should tell you something though eh ... |
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| yah that you don't fish in late Nov much.... ; )
or you are crazy....or both! |
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| Yes, Arctic Armor from idigear makes 100 % waterproof gloves that are very comfortable. Sell for about $ 30.00 idigear.com is where you can view them. They also make a great cold weather suit that floats for around $340.00 |
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Location: lansing, il | i can also recall sled showing up on a ice trip with no gloves, squaking somthing about gloves are for sallys..... he then proceeded to crawl in the back of the heated truck and went to sleep most of the day. hahahaha |
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| Coming from a guy who spent over 20 years during November through February and into March underground with water and mud up to his crotch, I can testify that there is no such thing as a 100 percent waterproof glove or boot. They might be for a while. They might last for a month. But for something with a long life, it just doesn't exist, and I've tried them all. Suck it up, and don't wear gloves. Then when your hands split open and crack and bleed, you can put some good balm on them and your hands will feel good. The most waterproof covering on the face of the earth is your skin. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | crawling into the truck had everything to do with hanging out with a honey til the wee hours ... not from being cold ... nice try, but make sure you get your facts straight.
one thing you might also consider from experience is udder cream. you can get it at fleet farm and some other places that service the ag industry. it's pink and smells decent and comes in a can as a balm. use it on your hands and on your cheeks or any exposed areas. have used it on cheeks to keep from getting frostbit while snowmobiling. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | Along with covering head and feet to keep the rest of you warm, put some single-use hand warmers right on your kidneys. Easy to do...tuck them inside the back of your jeans right at the waist so they press against your kidneys. Cabela's even makes a great set of camo hunting bibs with inside pockets right where your kidneys are so you can slip in these handwarmers. |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Yes keeping your core warm is also essential. A little fact about your body. When you start to get cold the body/heart reduces the amount of blood it pumps to the extremities. The reason why your hands and feet are the first to get cold. Keep the core warm to keep the blood pumping to those areas! If the core gets cold it doesn’t matter how many grams of thinsulate your boots have, or how waterproof and warm your gloves are suppose to be. |
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| maybe since sled and beaver are so tough, they should fish naked and just keep wiping cream on each other all day. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | toughguys - 10/28/2008 9:28 AM
maybe since sled and beaver are so tough, they should fish naked and just keep wiping cream on each other all day.
LMAO
Edited by MuskieMike 10/28/2008 10:37 AM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | toughguys - 10/28/2008 10:28 AM
maybe since sled and beaver are so tough, they should fish naked and just keep wiping cream on each other all day.
night fishing 2007 fall .. forgot rain gear ... cold, wind rain ... what do you do? fish in the boxer-briefs and stow the dry clothes. it has been done ... |
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| if you claim that you do not require gloves when you are fishing in the cold (freezing temps), plain and simple, you are not doing it.
NO WAY you are going cast for cast next to me all day when it is 25 degrees out without gloves.
When the lakes ice up, I hit the rivers for steelhead. We spend 1/2 the day wading in the rivers when temps are in the high teens and 20's.
Over the years, I've learned first and foremost is to avoid the "point of no return" with your hands. Keep a thick pair of gloves in your coat against your chest or tucked into the front of your bibs to keep them warm.
While fishing, I trade off between a pair of artic armours and mechanics gloves, again keeping them inside my coat to against my body to keep them warm. Many times I had to turn to a wet pair, but atleat they were warm. |
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| Sled if you truly did fish in your underwear that is VERY good information to have...because you will never be in my boat in your underwear covered in udder balm! Sounds like a bad porno too me! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Hooper21 - 10/28/2008 1:42 PM
if you claim that you do not require gloves when you are fishing in the cold (freezing temps), plain and simple, you are not doing it.
NO WAY you are going cast for cast next to me all day when it is 25 degrees out without gloves.
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you should take the time to 1. read and 2. think ...
sorry hoop, but there's a disclaimer early you must have missed ... good try though... unless the air temps are freezing i won't wear gloves and even then usually only when driving spot to spot or on my rod-holding hand only. when air temps. go below freezing it's a different story as i was kindly reminded by smellie nellie. you've spent a day in the boat with me in your lifetime and never in the cold ... i won't ask you to claim expertise but invite you to a gloveless weekend this weekend if you would like to be there to give er a shot.
second ... along the thinking part. if the air temps. are 25 degrees neither one of us will be casting much while the line freezes in the reels so it wouldn't be much of a casting contest.
and of-course i mean this in the nicest possible way. norwegian dairy farmers can handle the cold i assure you.
edit ... udder balm really does work and you should try it for chapped areas that are going to be cold/wind exposed ... it will toughen the open areas up. designed for teats that get wet a couple times a day and then exposed to crazy elements ...
Edited by jonnysled 10/28/2008 1:55 PM
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| Sled-
sorry for missing the disclaimer, but I have in fact casted in temps in the 20's several times for muskies and even more time steelhead fishing.
With respect to musky fishing, it is the luxury of having 3 rods, a walk thru windshield and propane heater in the boat.
Fish until rods/ reel ice over, switch out to those next to the heater, repeat. |
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| ...and because you brought up the read/ think
"but has anyone found a glove that will NOT soak thru after a long day ????"
how does recommending udder cream and blowing in your hands meet your read/ think requirement when smellie nellie is asking for glove recommendations??
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| "but has anyone found a glove that will NOT soak thru after a long day ????"
NO.
so adapt and overcome...there's lots of different approaches suggested in this thread, none of them "right" and none them "wrong".
for example, i go with gloves that get a bit wet but stay luke warm, Sled foregoes gloves in favor of treating his fingers like cow tits, a number of people use latex gloves under wool mitts, some people go with just wool and change them frequently during the day, etc., etc.
different strokes.
rather than arguing about it, go fishing and try some of the other suggestions out. you might be surprised and discover something new that you like...
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| thanks for all the suggestions and recommendations guys...they are appreciated...
I might try some different things from ideas off this thread...what about big dish washing type gloves with the "waterproof" thin type gloves underneath? would keep the water out for sure and the thin camo skins from cabelas are thin and toasty warm...might give that a go...I tend to only EVER wear a full pair on my left hand...rarely wear one on my right unless i'm jiggin fuzzy duzzits...
call me a sally all you want....but I'll take being warm, fingers included than getting frost bit or having to go in early any day...when I fish...I fish and don't curl up in the back of a truck cuz I was out whining and dining some floozie!!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I only use gloves when it's raining and under 40 degrees, or well under feeezing. Even ice fishing, unless I get really uncomfortable, I prefer not to have gloves on. That said, when fishing in really cold weather( not raining) and looking to stay warm, I discovered that the rubber coated knit gloves that are coated on the grip and fingers with a pair of poly gloves liners underneath do a great job. The reel spray and drips doesn't hit that part of the glove that isn't coated, so this combo works ok. |
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