Cold hands

[Oregon Native]

I tried something yesterday that I haven't and it seemed to work quite well.  Part was from a friends recommendation and the other was what I've been wondering for awhile.  Since it was cold yesterday and the guides were freezing some "I tried it"

My friend said to put hand warmers on the underside of my wrists as it would warm the blood going to my hands and second I wore a light latex glove on my reel hand under my light gloves as this hand is prone to get wet.   Well....my hands are horrible in cold....horrible....AND IT WORKED!!!  Perfect no....but I'm impressed and will continue this.  The day was very bearable.  

It was also nice to handle fish with the latex...hand stayed dry.

Anyway...my story and am sticking to it

Tight Lines

 

[CroakHunter]

Used to always use the latex glove trick when I work for a municipality and had to fix water leaks no matter how cold it was. My hands would get cold but they always stayed dry and that's 80% of the battle. Nice job by figuring out the hand warmer trick. Also works in reverse, if you are feeling nauseous and clammy, run cold water over your wrists and it can alleviate some of the "grossness" youre feeling

[Spankey]

Thanks for the tips. Might just help trout fishing through the winter.

[NHBull]

Try applying toe warmers to the inside of a glove over the top of the hand starting from the wrist.  It is warmer than the palm side and the sticky material holds it in place.

Ski coaches have been doing it for decades

[flyfisher]

I have been using the wrist warmer trick for a while and i agree that it works.  I also just picked up a pair of soft-shell gloves that have an open palm so i am curious to see how they work in the cold as well.

[scaleface]

Great tip   . My hands and feet get so cold that I cant bear it .

[MassYak85]

The worst for me is getting wet. I'll fish in 30 degrees no problem if I have a couple layers on and some handwarmers in my pockets or some light gloves, but I've had my most miserable day of fishing in 45 degrees and rain. It sucks too because I was having a pretty good day. But my arms and hands got so wet and cold that I didn't have the muscle strength to press down the thumb bar on my baitcasters, so I called it a day. 

[flyfisher]

1 hour ago, MassYak85 said:

The worst for me is getting wet. I'll fish in 30 degrees no problem if I have a couple layers on and some handwarmers in my pockets or some light gloves, but I've had my most miserable day of fishing in 45 degrees and rain. It sucks too because I was having a pretty good day. But my arms and hands got so wet and cold that I didn't have the muscle strength to press down the thumb bar on my baitcasters, so I called it a day. 

That sounds like mild onset hypothermia to me....good choice of bailing for the day.

[MassYak85]

1 hour ago, flyfisher said:

That sounds like mild onset hypothermia to me....good choice of bailing for the day.

Yea lesson learned there for sure

[Bluebasser86]

That's interesting. It's not very often my hands get cold enough that it starts to hurt, but next time I'm out on one of those single digit days with a 20mph wind I'll have to give it a try. 

[BassnChris]

We bought some of those disposable hand warmers and used those

Tennis style wrist sweatbands to hold them in place....1 on top and one on the bottom....very toasty.

[NiX]

I will have to try this trick. My hands get so cold it will be nice to warm em up!

[Oregon Native]

Well...son went fishing with me yesterday....after a couple hours he was trying the latex gloves under his gloves....Dad....he said....this works.

Wish I would have done this some time ago....oh well....better late than never.

[everythingthatswims]

On ‎12‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 11:25 AM, MassYak85 said:

The worst for me is getting wet. I'll fish in 30 degrees no problem if I have a couple layers on and some handwarmers in my pockets or some light gloves, but I've had my most miserable day of fishing in 45 degrees and rain. It sucks too because I was having a pretty good day. But my arms and hands got so wet and cold that I didn't have the muscle strength to press down the thumb bar on my baitcasters, so I called it a day. 

I did this too 40 degrees and steady rain. We were crushing them on blade baits but it got to the point that I wasn't able to reel properly and was grabbing the reel handle with a fist trying to bring a fish in. We called it a day too!

[Smokinal]

Been doing the latex gloves under thin outer gloves for years. Definitely works!

[Dirtyeggroll]

Much of the heat that goes to your hands and feet is lost at the wrist and ankles. The blood supply is near the surface of the skin in these areas which allows for heat transfer to the outside world. Another method similar to using hand warmers over this area to improve hand/foot warmth is to “bunch up” loose fitting long gloves or socks over the wrists and ankles. Loosing fitting “bunched up” material is far more effectively at insulating than a single layer of tight material stretched over the whole arm or leg. In other words, long socks or gloves are more effective if they are somewhat loose fitting and if they are pushed down over the areas where the blood supply is close to the skin. 

[Tweek1106]

Ehh, I'm moving from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville FL in about T minus 7mo.

 

I'm just going to hunker down and forget that cold water fishing is a thing.