Gloves

Some of you may be too tough to admit your hands get cold, but mine do get cold on occasion.  Any of you know of good gloves for yak fishing?

Warmth and dexterity are the most important aspects for me.

The best I have found are the wool mittens that convert to gloves.  Warm even when wet.

I use Glacier Gloves when paddling to or from my destination. I believe it's the Kenai model. They come lined or unlined, but I have not used the lined model. They are soft, waterproof and cut the wind. But they can make your hands smell because they do not breathe. I use fingerless wool gloves when I am fishing.

I use thick latex gloves and fingerless neoprene gloves over. I think they're NRS

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I have some thin NRS paddle gloves for not so cold days, and glacier gloves for cold days.  A good boot dryer will keep the stink out.

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+1 on the thin NRS model.  I've had the same pair for 11 years.  They hold up well, and do the trick.  The Hydroskin ones are pretty sweet, too.

I have a pair of Stohlquist, thin, fingerless, neoprene paddling gloves, and a pair of Glaciers (Pro Anglers).  Also got a thin neoprene full dome hoodie. 

I might get some better gloves for next year. I have some fingerless pile gloves. They are better if they don't get wet. Spring is almost here. Just around the corner,  I hope.

Islandson671, That's a good trick to keep the cold water off, even though the latex gloves don't insulate that much. I used to get some cheap latex dishwashing gloves to wear underneath my older neoprene surfing gloves when they started deteriorating and developing holes and tears. New gloves are nicer, though.

I only wear gloves if I feel that the numbness in my hands is affecting my ability to fish. When I do where them I use a few different types depending on conditions.

Mostly I wear fingerless wool gloves. I like these because I can cast with them on, feel bites, etc while my hands stay pretty warm. If there is a cold rain or they get wet they lose quite a bit of insulating value. Wool is only about 30% effective when wet according to my "Keeping Warm and Dry" book. However, even at 30% that is a good bit of warmth. I will also take them off and wring them out. I leave these on all the time.

Last Christmas my wife got me a pair of thin wool gloves that have a goretex in them. (Sort of between a couple of layers). These are nice in that they do not lose as much insulation when wet. I have been experimenting with these on rainy cool days and I like them. I take these off cast and sometimes to bait up. I may be able to leave them on all the time, but I have not tried it yet.

For the coldest, wettest conditions I use neoprene gloves. They seem to keep my hands the warmest on cold, wet days. I take them off to cast and bait up. While they are the warmest they have by far the least sensitivity of any of my gloves. For that reason I only where them when I have to. I sometimes use one of these as hand protection when landing sturgeon.

Finally,  a long time ago I had a pair of fingerless gloves with foldover mittens as described by Craig. However, I kept catching my fly line in them and so I got rid of them. Perhaps for sturgeon fishing I should reconsider them as an option. I like the fingerless wool gloves, but some days they are just not warm enough. I am also intrigued by the fingerless neoprene gloves some folks have mentioned. I have never seem them, but they might be about perfect.

I picked up a pair of Glacier Fingerless Neoprene Gloves with Foldover Mittens from Wholesale Sports for $15. There's an access slot in the thumb, too.  The mittens and thumb tip are held "open" with Velcro. Still can get line hung on lines, etc. and hooks tear up the surface material but they do keep me warm.

Went and got some glacier gloves, the Kenai model of course.  Tried them out today.  Warm when wet and windy, but as soon as I pull back the finger flaps to
Change lures my fingers start to freeze.  Is that because it was 15 F today?  Thanks for the recommendations guys.  I got some others but it was too cold for anything but really warm today

I use fingerless weight lifting gloves, work very good when wet even.... Tips do get a lil chilly, Sunday morn, and again Sunday at about 130 ish I lost all feeling other than pain in the finger tips! Snow+wind+hail= cold fingers!! But they thaw fairly quik


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I use thick latex gloves and fingerless neoprene gloves over. I think they're NRS

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+1

Not sure why but using the fingerless gloves makes my fingers freeze.  Its not that bad once I put latex or nitrile gloves underneath.