Can anybody give some suggestions on waterproof gloves? When I was at Thorn, I used wool mittens that you can pull back with hand warmers in the mitten part, but they got soaked from the water coming off the reel. Are there any waterproof gloves that you can still use for casting and keep your hands warm and dry. Would still like to do some ice fishing. Thanks for any help. Steve
"Steve S" said:
Would still like to do some ice fishing. Steve
my boats not put away for the season… at least not yet… even though the snow is coming down today.
I use latex or vinyl gloves over top of wool gloves. Sometimes I'll add handwarmers to the palms. I bring spares of the wool and extra latex/vinyl. I'll change the wool out as needed, and replace the outside as needed. It's kind of a pain, but it works good for me.
I'd like to hear what other guys do!
Scott
I don't know what the heck I'm doing, and I have very little experience with cold weather fishing, but what I've determined is that keeping your hands dry is 95% of it. I used nitrile gloves at the Thorn outing, and the week before, and a little last Spring, and they made a big difference. Not having water evaporating off your skin helps greatly to keep them warm. I've found that looser ones are better, because if they're too tight, they restrict the blood flowing in your hands.
Scott's idea of putting them OVER gloves is a great idea. I wish I thought of it… 😀
Scott, They have a woven glove, so I would try to avoid the hooks… basically, I think they work better than anything I have tried that keep your hands relatively warm, provide grip, and allow you to maintain some dexterity in your hands.
Now, they aren't like wearing full blown insulated gloves or mittens for warmth, but again, a good compromise for those things mentioned. If you are going to stick your hand in the water, or unhook a fish, I would take them off.
I have a pair of glacier gloves, and they do work ok. I personally prefer the seal skinz.
This topic has always been a dilema, especially with ice fisherman. Sure there are plenty of warm gloves and mittens out there but they are normally big and bulky. I have tried many different gloves, especially for late fall fishing and ice fishing. I look for something that will keep my hands protected from the wind and wet. I want to be able to feel what I am doing and with most bulky gloves and mittens you loose this feature.
I've tried the sealskinz as well and really didn't care for them. This was 5 or so years ago so maybe they have improved on them.
The last few years I have tried cold weather Mt. biking gloves. I do alot of MT biking and the higher end gloves they make work pretty well. Many have an inner liner and outer waterproof shell. Perlizumi, Hind and Specialized are a few that I've tried.
You would think with all of the great technology that is available to us today that someone could come up with some great gloves. We have warm and waterproof jackets, pants and boots that are available to us but keeping the hands warm and dry may always be an issue.
Lots of information. This has been a somthing that I have looked into as well. I really like the information about the higher end biking gloves. I've spent a lot of time cold weather fishing and there isn't a glove that can get wet and keep you warm. There are however some gloves that are a good compromise. If you check out some of the receiver gloves in the football section of your local sporting goods store. I also have used cold weather golf gloves with some success. [smilie=deadhorse.gif]
I think I've tried 15-20 pairs over the years and still haven't found one I really liked. I didn't like the Sealskinz I tried but that was a few years back and they may have been too tight as well, hurting circulation. Lately I've tried some all wool ones in the hope that they'll stay warm when wet, not bad but not great, either. All in all it seems best to take several pairs and switch to fresh, dry ones a few times during the day, not putting up with any that get cold and damp for very long.
When I fished Ovid last weekend (air temps ~28-34°F) I wore double-thick cloth work gloves with nitrile ("rubber") gloves over them to keep them dry, and was perfectly comfy the whole time. It wasn't too hard to get used to thumbing the reel and cranking with them on, but it's also not the same as with no gloves. The rubber made it easier to grip the line when thumbing than just with cloth gloves alone.
When I got a hole in the rubber gloves, I'd remove it and put a new one on (I had a whole box of them… sometimes it pays to be a geek!) over the cloth glove.
Not perfect, but cheap and workable.
I use a combo of cheap hunting gloves (cotton with trigger fingers) and have several pair available. We used nomex pilot gloves in my crew chief days but eventually went to the mechanix gloves or high performance cycle gloves as they kept hands warmer even if they soaked..in general I hate glovesperiod 😛
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