What Kind Of Gloves Do You Wear?

[Chief Grey Bear]

I can't stand to wear any type of glove when fishing. Since it is not hands but my fingers that get cold, those fingerless gloves are counter productive for me.

If the fingers get so cold that they start to hurt, I do a couple of different things. A couple of them you will laugh at but it really works quickly and that is what I am after.

Depending on the type of fishing I am doing and how I am dressed, one option I use is to run my hands up under my shirt into my armpits. Press your arms against them and they will warm quickly. If I have waders on, I will run them down my pants. Laugh all you want the area between your thighs is very warm and in about 1 minute my hands are as warm as they can be and ready to go again.

Ok, let the jokes, sneers and jeers fly. I can take cause I got warm hands!

[Terrierman]

I can't stand to wear any type of glove when fishing. Since it is not hands but my fingers that get cold, those fingerless gloves are counter productive for me.

If the fingers get so cold that they start to hurt, I do a couple of different things. A couple of them you will laugh at but it really works quickly and that is what I am after.

Depending on the type of fishing I am doing and how I am dressed, one option I use is to run my hands up under my shirt into my armpits. Press your arms against them and they will warm quickly. If I have waders on, I will run them down my pants. Laugh all you want the area between your thighs is very warm and in about 1 minute my hands are as warm as they can be and ready to go again.

Ok, let the jokes, sneers and jeers fly. I can take cause I got warm hands!

Wanker.

[John W Kelly]

I got a pair of ragg wool fingerless gloves with mitten pullovers the other day at Bass Pro. They were on sale in the hunting section for either $14.00 or $14.99. Haven't fished with them yet, but they fit good and warmed my hands up fast in the store.

http://www.basspro.com/RedHead-Endurance-Ragg-Wool-Convertible-Gloves/product/13020705463810/

[fishinwrench]

So they are better than those turds you gave me?

Those were too big for me and I didn't like the extended arm-warmer cuff thing. I take it that you hated them too.

Chief just says that to keep everyone from stealing his sandwich.

[Gavin]

I've never found a pair I like that much...but 2-3 pairs is a good suggestion..Glacier glove neoprenes with the fold over mittens work great for wet work....but I take them off in favor of some gore tex ski mitts if I'm taking a 15 minute break between bouts of fishing...a towel helps too....I've heard that blue nitrile gloves work well under fingerless. The guides in AK wear them a lot...probably to keep their hands from getting jacked up from handing toothy salmon.

[Flysmallie]

Those were too big for me and I didn't like the extended arm-warmer cuff thing. I take it that you hated them too.

I like the extra long cuff but they are big on my meat hands too. Kind of bunch up in the palm.

[Greasy B]

I have been wearing the Simms gloves for about a year. The bulk isn't too bad and a hand warmer pouch helps. I have a cheep pair of neoprene glove for running the boat. Terribly uncomfortable but warm as can be. I won't wear either unless I absolutely have to.

[jdmidwest]

Wool and Fleece have heat retention when wet. Fleece usually dries quicker and is lighter weight. Polypropolene is good too, I have some glove liners made out of it that I cut the fingers out of for above freezing weather.

Same goes with hunting gloves, except most of them have some kind of breathable membrane in them to stop wind and moisture. They are too bulky to wear fishing and do not immerse well unless they are gore tex.

Beware of cotton gloves that look like wool, they hold water like a sponge and the cold too.

[Ham]

I use the same type gloves that Fly Smallie uses. I like the wool retaining heat concept, but the fleece ones are so easy to wring out when they get wet. They won't make you hands think it's summer, but I can fish through the cold.

[kjackson]

My go-to gloves now are fingerless models from Buffalo Gold; they're made of buffalo "down", the underfur. They are incredibly warm but very pricey. In the past, I switched back and forth between wool and fleece, with the nod going to fleece most of the time. When it gets really cold, though, I put on a pair of thin poly glove liners under the fingerless gloves. That little bit of extra insulation helps quite a bit, and doesn't interfere with feel. Add in a handwarmer and some extra layers to keep core temperature up, and I'm good.