Hi All, I was fishing last week and noticed how cold the water is now. More noticable when releasing fish.

I have used Neoprene gloves and woolly fingerless gloves, which do nothing for insulation. Once your hands are wet, the cold air temperature chills your fingers to the bone and you loose interest.

Iv'e seen Hill Walkers use Sealskinz, plus they'll take a ducking in water and repel it, so I'm told.

Has anyone used these, or have any experience with them, before I buy a pair. I hate cold hands.

Regards

Stuart

This review might help: Gloves Reviews - 100% waterproof gloves for fishing and breatheable
Fancy a pair of these myself - can't stand having frozen fingers, particularly wet frozen fingers.
The only drawback is that they're full-fingered, so you'll need to take them off to tie knots, unhook fish etc etc
Steve

...And then I checked out Amazon - and the reviews are mixed, to say the least:

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I'd be interested to hear how you got on with these on a proper field test in cold, wet conditions. I have a couple of different pairs of Sealskinz the windproof and waterproof ones) for mountain biking and general use and find them to be very cold when wet. This seems to be the general experience of Sealskinz amongst those I go and play in the hills with. They look and are adverstised as the biz but they never seem to work!

Have't tried the mitts youse are discussing though so I cannae say much about them but I am a bit scptical of Sealskinz.

Andy

my mate has a pair and i have used them on very cold/icy nights when sea fishing with him, they only take a few minutes to warm your hands up, you can actually put your hands in the water whilst wearing them, your hands stay dry and warm, well worth it, i am getting a pair

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I've used neoprenes for years and have found nothing better, although not everyone likes them. I've seen the Sealskins around (you can also get socks too), but not felt inclined to splash out on them (no pun intended!) so I'll be interested in any reviews.

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being an ex infantryman i have a lot of experience in the field of being cold wet and miserable, and experience of kit designed to beat this.
sealskin gloves ( i also tried the socks ) never worked for me at all. Freezing when wet and just a hinderance when carrying out tasks requiring fingers ( a reason i never wear gloves when fishing ). I find neoprene gloves to be better, but to be honest i dont think there is such a thing as a good fishing glove as fishing and gloves dont really go together

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Nope don't like the sealskins just kept your hands dry and cold

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I found neoprenes to be completely useless. They aren't waterproof, so your hands get wet and stay wet. They are hard to get on and off. Total waste of money and I binned 2 pairs including Sealskins.

Get the old school wool mittens that flip back to reveal your fingers and thumb. If they get wet, one good shake flings all the water out of them. Wool maintains its insulating qualities even when wet, the mitts are light, and I think the last pair I bought was $9.

I'm sure there are some prissy poser boys who don't think mittens look good, Simms and Patagucci don't make them, etc, etc. Fine, I say. Stand on the bank sniveling about how cold your hands are, Girliemen. I'll be out there fishing.

Grouse

I've got a pair of Sealskin gloves and socks which I bought for biking and they prevent the wet but not the cold.

I don't think it is the fact of being wet which makes you feel the cold and these haven't much in the way of insulating properties. They are also too unforgiving and lack the stretch required for bending the fingers tight. The material bunches up in the creases while gripping the handlebars. To get around this I tried a second smaller pair, but these just cut off the circulation and made my hands even colder. So I use the larger pair if the weather is really chucking it down and there's no alternative and the missus uses the second pair for snowball fights when on ski holidays or our one day of snow a year we may get. The socks reside in the cupoard now, as good over-shoes are way better.

These shortcomings mean I've never even considered the gloves for anything like fishing. I use a really thin pair of mitts with no tips on the fingers, and have a second wooly pair for over those. Problem is the hooks get stuck worse in wooly mitts.

What about skin-tight surgical-style gloves worn underneath normal fingerless gloves or mittens?
Might work? Would keep the fingertips dry and you'd still be able to do fiddly stuff, while the normal gloves would keep most of the hands warm.
Just a thought - might try it if I can find some decent ones, although I do find surgical gloves ever-so-slightly creepy

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