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 bobbeegee |
Fly Fishing Gloves |
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Posts: 3267 11/22/2009 12:55 |
Hopefully I'm going to be doing a lot of winter fishing this season and am looking to buy some gloves.
Looking for recommendations. I prefer the style with no fingertips. Any suggestions? Bob |
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Posts: 1657 11/22/2009 16:36 |
For really cold days I still use the Patagonia fingerless fleece gloves I bought many years ago. They are light, warm and stay warm even when wet (just squeeze
the excess water).
For very cool days I also like the Filson merino wool fingerless gloves (http://www.filson.com/pro...8248&parentPage=family). Also very light and warm. The light structure also makes them very breathable. In very cold conditions, cold wind does goes through the wool structure making them less warm. I'll use my fleece Patagonia gloves then. I don't like neoprene gloves because they are bulky and completely isolate your feel of the rod and line when fishing. |
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Posts: 604 11/22/2009 16:46 |
Hey Bob,here is a great deal http://www.sierratradingpost.com/Product.aspx?baseno=57375&mybuyscid=4737755400&cdf=Recs_MB
hard to beat the price and OOOH!!! Alpaca.
Karl |
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bobbeegee |
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Posts: 3268 11/22/2009 17:08 |
Thanks Karl and ibookje.
Anyone tried the Simms 1/2 Finger Fleece Gloves? Bob |
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Posts: 2203 11/22/2009 19:37 The COOLER |
bobbeegee wrote:I've had a pair for a few years now. They seem to do the job when I wear them. Unfortunately, that isn't often. I just can't seem to get used to gloves and end up taking them off and putting them in the pockets....along with my hands. Yep, I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree. Brook Trout are God's way of reminding us everything is going to be all right. |
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Posts: 258 11/22/2009 20:28 |
I've got some Simms fingerless fleece gloves, as well as an Orvis pair with the flip top to convert them to mittens. Both are nice, but I prefer the Simms
because I just don't use the mitten feature and the fly line hangs up on the mitten part when they are folded back "out of the way".
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gmflyfish |
Kenai's | #6 | ||
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Posts: 1255 11/23/2009 08:52 |
These wonderful gloves had a mitten top that folds down to expose your fingers. It has a thumb guard for the thumb it too movers out of the way and it has a
rubberize palm. I have them and have given many pairs away to fellow fishermen when they see how comfortable I am. I would also recommend getting some heat
pack for the palm. Nothing like a toasting hand to make fishing enjoyable. I fish every month of the year in Montana so I do need to keep the extremities warm
Gregg |
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Posts: 39 11/23/2009 22:14 |
I have a fold over fleece type fingerless mitten made by chota, mitten and thumb tip fold over and back into the cuff around the wrist,
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Posts: 315 11/23/2009 22:30 |
I use the filson merino wool ones too. Soft and not itchy. Next pair will be fleece the wool can catch a fly if you fail to get the barb pinched all the way
down like you should. A minor enough issue that I'll use them till I lose them or wear them out but I wouldn't buy them again.
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Posts: 384 11/24/2009 18:58 |
I usually don't fish in really cold weather, but I can imagine adding latex gloves under the fingerless ones, to keep my fingers dry.
"I stare into the deepest pool of the river which holds the mystery of a cellar to a child, and think of those two track roads that dwindle into nothing
in the forest. I have this feeling of walking around for days with the wind knocked out of me." --Jim Harrison
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bobbeegee |
A question | #10 | ||
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Posts: 3271 11/24/2009 19:40 |
A question please about the 1/2 finger gloves. I have only fished in very cold temps a couple of times.
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Silver Doctor |
wool | #11 | ||
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Posts: 117 11/24/2009 22:02 |
I use a pair of fingerless wool gloves. Tried quite a few different modern brands. Keep going back to wool. warm even when wet, I carry 2 pairs.
Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned,
mosquito bitten, but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been in a place that was less than beautiful.
My Blog: Casting on the waters |
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Posts: 92 11/26/2009 06:56 |
I'm with you there on the wool. I've just had a pair of fingerless knitted in Fairisle. Lovely.
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Havacgar |
Cloudveil Gloves | #13 | ||
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Posts: 1 11/29/2009 11:25 |
Probably the best half finger gloves I have owned/used....this last trip got down into the 30's and they were great....
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Posts: 47 11/30/2009 08:53 |
What I want to know is how to keep snow from building up on the bottom of felt soles...
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Kai |
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Posts: 215 12/01/2009 02:40 |
I have the Cloudveil gloves too.
They are probably my favorites. |
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bow river |
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Posts: 1852 12/01/2009 12:07 |
leadwingcoachman
What I want to know is how to keep snow from building up on the bottom of felt soles... i fish allot in the winter and always snow , them big balls from snow make it just #$@%$# , i till this day have yet to figure a way to stop it , best i do is kinda kick and drag foot at same time and it will fling off , the little left on will melt fast in the water , but as you know , watch out when you come out of the water to warm up on the bank , she's slippy fingerless gloves , i use simms , have tried a bunch over the years , now wool is good , when i was over steelhead fishing after freezing my fingers , tried the new rubber ones and thems the best so far , your hand warm and it don't matter about getting them wet with water , with the others your always getting water on them when fishing , i think they ok but nothing like the new rubber one's ,
Rich
collector of vintage fly reels & bamboo rods , buy & sell , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river , clarks bamboo forum members get a special discount if ya fish cane www.bowriveradventures.com |
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HERMES2069 |
Fingerless, To cold | #17 | ||
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Posts: 641 12/02/2009 21:23 |
Lefty Krey, In one of his 101 tips for Fly fishing, talks about using Ragg Wool gloves. You cut a slit in the thumb and first finger.You can slip your bare fingers through and then pull them back.I agree with Lefty, the exposed fingers are always cold. I found wool Ragg glove at REI in the close out bin, on FleaBay. They stay warm when wet, as well. |
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