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Posted 22 November 2006 - 11:35 AM

Anyone have any recommendations on gloves for use while collecting? Dragging a seine in 40 degree water doesn't sound pleasing to me. I think with some waterproof gloves I will be ok. Of course I have the waders and boots I use for trout fishing in mountain streams so I'm good there. And I have my waterproof jacket as well.

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Posted 22 November 2006 - 12:15 PM

I'm a big fan of these

http://tinyurl.com/y8c766

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Posted 23 November 2006 - 08:39 AM

We use these fly fishing:
http://www.cabelas.c...1373&hasJS=true

I'd like to get some that are all neoprene, though.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 02:41 PM

Anyone have any recommendations on gloves for use while collecting? Dragging a seine in 40 degree water doesn't sound pleasing to me. I think with some waterproof gloves I will be ok. Of course I have the waders and boots I use for trout fishing in mountain streams so I'm good there. And I have my waterproof jacket as well.

what kind of jacket do you use?

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 03:11 PM

http://www.amazon.co...a/dp/B0002WSQAW

Used it during rain/snow in the Shenandoah while fly fishing.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 03:15 PM

I use neoprene decoy gloves. Even with water inside (so you don't have to worry about new holes) the gloves keep my hands from freezing.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 03:49 PM

I love dive gloves for this. I end up frustrated with neoprene and take them off, ultimately ending up with cold hands and gloves, and I've yet to see the use for fingerless when seining when I could have the same warmth from the dive gloves. If you do put your hand in the water, you can just squeeze your hand and wring out the water.

So maintaining a moist temperature in the dive gloves is ultimately warmer than any other application.

Let's put it this way... The seine is frozen stick straight before my hands get cold. :)

Todd

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 04:44 PM

I love dive gloves for this. I end up frustrated with neoprene and take them off, ultimately ending up with cold hands and gloves, and I've yet to see the use for fingerless when seining when I could have the same warmth from the dive gloves. If you do put your hand in the water, you can just squeeze your hand and wring out the water.

So maintaining a moist temperature in the dive gloves is ultimately warmer than any other application.

Let's put it this way... The seine is frozen stick straight before my hands get cold. :)

Todd

Got a link? I am planning on getting my winter collecting in order asap.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 08:13 PM

My winter collecting gear? After last year with Ed, I'm sticking to a recliner, a beer, and rabbit slippers.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 08:33 PM

I was out Sunday and I think it will be the last time this year. Being that cold just is not as much fun as when I was a kid.

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 08:34 PM

You can get them at any dive shop, will cost $20 or less. You're looking for a warm water glove with a leather or synthetic grip.

You can hunt online too, but I did a quick search at leisurepro and I'm still in the dark about what you're buying. Most everything you'll run into will be neoprene, and that's useless as far as I'm concerned.

Honestly, a pair of nylon work gloves (like the mechanic kind) are the same thing. Might even be better because you can squeeze the water out of the nylon better.

I just have leather grips for a little more padding when I'm hanging from a rock trying to film a high discharge species of darter.

Todd

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 09:04 PM

You can get them at any dive shop, will cost $20 or less. You're looking for a warm water glove with a leather or synthetic grip.

You can hunt online too, but I did a quick search at leisurepro and I'm still in the dark about what you're buying. Most everything you'll run into will be neoprene, and that's useless as far as I'm concerned.

Honestly, a pair of nylon work gloves (like the mechanic kind) are the same thing. Might even be better because you can squeeze the water out of the nylon better.

I just have leather grips for a little more padding when I'm hanging from a rock trying to film a high discharge species of darter.

Todd


Doesn't the wetness make your hands cold? This is confusing to me, I was taught warm = dry and wet=cold so wouldnt wet gloves be the same or worse than no gloves?

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Posted 30 October 2007 - 09:51 PM

No Gloves = Cold. (Or wet, and now cold neoprene gloves going back on your hand = cold)

That's what happens when I have on neoprene gloves. I get so frustrated because I can't use my fingers that I take them off and they get cold and then there's no warming them back up.

I'm cost averaging my heat, so to speak, with more functional fingers in the meantime. There's a lesser change in temp to deal with. With the infrequency of full immersion when it's cold like that, I find that I'm better off this way. As I said... The seine will be frozen solid before my hands are cold :)

Todd

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 01:45 AM

My winter collecting gear? After last year with Ed, I'm sticking to a recliner, a beer, and rabbit slippers.

Wus ;-)
We'll be out so long as the streams are not frozen over. Right, Tom? We'll have our beer afterwards!

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 06:26 AM

Wus ;-)
We'll be out so long as the streams are not frozen over. Right, Tom? We'll have our beer afterwards!

We'll be out in 4 feet of snow barefoot walking 5 miles up hill both ways to and from the streams, where we'll then catch fish with our bare hands. Then we can enjoy the beercicles.

Yeah, I'll be out any day I can. Thats why I want to find some sort of glove to keep my hands from becoming frost bitten.

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 11:26 AM

I was out Staerday with FishnFire and FishWhisperer,
FAF was giving me gas about not going in, then when they got in the water, they found out why lol.

I stayed on the bank the last two trips out.

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 11:29 AM

No Gloves = Cold. (Or wet, and now cold neoprene gloves going back on your hand = cold)

That's what happens when I have on neoprene gloves. I get so frustrated because I can't use my fingers that I take them off and they get cold and then there's no warming them back up.

I'm cost averaging my heat, so to speak, with more functional fingers in the meantime. There's a lesser change in temp to deal with. With the infrequency of full immersion when it's cold like that, I find that I'm better off this way. As I said... The seine will be frozen solid before my hands are cold :)

Todd


So... something like this?
http://www.joedivera...ROD/glv/S200-BK

I'd love to find a glove that stays warm when wet that doesn't have fingertips (so I can use it fly fishing as well).

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 11:35 AM

Exactly.

This brings up another aspect. I will make no claims for the poikilothermic nature of human females... But yeah, they work great for me ;)

Todd

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 12:19 PM

nativeplanter, maybe these from simms : http://www.flyfishus...mms-gloves.html

The "Polartec® Thermal Pro Half-finger Fleece Gloves specifically.

I used cheap $3 ones from Wal-Mart and they've already fallen apart. They are made for single use it appears.

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Posted 01 November 2007 - 05:52 PM

nativeplanter, maybe these from simms : http://www.flyfishus...mms-gloves.html

The "Polartec® Thermal Pro Half-finger Fleece Gloves specifically.

I used cheap $3 ones from Wal-Mart and they've already fallen apart. They are made for single use it appears.


I was a BPS last night and bought these:
http://www.basspro.c...t=SearchResults

Since I have a fly fishing trip in north Georgia this Saturday. They were nice and toasty in the store. We'll see how long the neoprene holds up. They only cost $13, so when (not if) I lose them, it won't be too bad. The thumb and index finger have a slit that folds and velcroes the tip back. What I really wanted were these:

http://www.basspro.c...t=SearchResults

But they didn't have any in my size. They would have only been $10.



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