Gloves To Keep Hands Warm During Winter Fishing...

[John Berry]

If it is above freezing, I use wool fingerless gloves and carry a back up pair. When I handle fish, I remove them to keep them dry. If it is below freezing, I use the Simms wind stopper fingerless gloves with the mitten pullover. Since I am usually guiding, I use the handwarmer pockets on my Simms G3 waders a lot. That really helps.

[Larry Richards]

I just got a pair of these last month and they work great the best I have ever found and you cant beat the price.Now if I could only find away to keep the ice off the guides on my rods.

http://cgi.ebay.com/FISHING-TACKLE-NEOPREN...oQQcmdZViewItem

These gloves are 100% water proof.

[Greg]

I've really struggled with this ever since I started fishing through the winter 3 or 4 years ago. I can stay fairly warm even in the coldest weather except my hands. I've tried fleece, tried wool, and tried neoprene. Nothing works great for me. But the best I've found so far are "glacier gloves". That company makes several types but the ones that work best for me are the ones that are fingerless (like 3/4 finger length) and are a combination of fleece on the back and neoprene on the palm. I used them the last couple of weeks and my hands stayed reasonably warm. They didn't cost much either. I think they were about $10 at Bass Pro.

It's when the gloves get wet that I run into problems. There were a couple of really good tips from the other posters. I think a backup pair is a good idea. And I like John's idea of taking them off when you land a fish. I'm going to try both of those. Something I've done also is if I have to touch the fish to get them off the hook - I use a net rather than my bare hand. It seems to keep my hands a little drier.

Good luck,

Greg

[Snow Fly]

Don't forget the electric hand driers in the restroom, doesn't take to long to dry out a pair of fleece gloves . I know some of the trout parks have them. Does the new restroom at Taney have them?

[JobyKSU]

This year I picked up a pair of the therma-bands. They basically hold some of those pocket warmers against the inside of your wrists. They work surprisingly well and I haven't needed to use any gloves on the days it gets down around freezing. I haven't tried though below 'bout 27 degrees yet though.

It would be really simple to make some. Just get a pair of wrist bands and some pocket warmers and combine. If you wanted to wear some gloves over them you could try that also.

[jchbaits]

Another thing you can do to help keep your hands warm is to buy some of the boot style heat packs with the tape like side just stick two of them on your wrists and they will help keep your hands warm its not great but with gloves it really helps and there pretty cheap and reusable if you seal them in a zip lock after useing them. There no total solution but anything helps when your hands are cold. Great FIshin!

[hfdhoosier]

I bought some neoprene gloves in the fishing dept. at walmart. they are full finger but have holes in the thumb and index finger so you can stick your fingers out to tie. I usually take the gloves off to tie and put them back on. Does keep your hands dry unless you stick those fingers in the water and let water in them. I carry fleece or wool gloves as a spare back-up. Worked for me down to 11 degrees with no wind chill. I dont know if anything would work in the low wind chills we are having now. Pray for warmer weather. The hand dryer idea is one Ill have to remember, great tip Snow Fly.

Dennis

[jjtroutbum]

Don't forget the electric hand driers in the restroom, doesn't take to long to dry out a pair of fleece gloves . I know some of the trout parks have them. Does the new restroom at Taney have them?

It sure does !!

And if your night fishing in single digits with 15+ mph winds (new years eve ) The heated bath room it self makes a good place to stop before a healthy serving of Leonard's Special Coffee.

I found my self keeping the gloves tucked away. And Hand warmers zipped up in my fishing jackets taped seemed hand pockets. When one hand got cold from releasing a fish I would wipe it dry with the glove and stick it bare in the warm pocket. For a few moments while starting another drift just hold the fly line with the rod hand and wait for another tug.

[twosets]

To keep your hands dry use medical rubber gloves. You do not need to remove them to tie flys and keeping your hands dry really helps to keep them warm.

Plus they are cheap.

[tinner]

I'm with Greg I like the Glacier Gloves. The ones I have are neoprene on the outside and fleece on the inside. They have a velcro strap on the wrist to help keep water out and the index finger and the thumb have slits in them so you can pull them back and velcro them out of the way. They cost about $35. I also always have a hand towel or two with me so when my hands get wet I dry them off with the towel and them stick my gloves back on. I steal the towels from my wifey-poo's bathroom shh don't tell her