What to wear fishing in hot weather

[NYWayfarer]

Short sleeve T-shirt, baseball cap, Sunglasses, jeans and boots in 90-100 degree heat. Sunscreen on all exposed areas. Those clothes are for sun and tick protection.
 

I am one of those folks that gets cold real fast. Don’t sweat much either. If the heat bothers me I find a shady spot to fish.

[TnRiver46]

16 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

Short sleeve T-shirt, baseball cap, Sunglasses, jeans and boots in 90-100 degree heat. Sunscreen on all exposed areas. Those clothes are for sun and tick protection.
 

I am one of those folks that gets cold real fast. Don’t sweat much either. If the heat bothers me I find a shady spot to fish.

That’s what I wear to work everyday.

[Skunked again]

https://soccer.epicsports.com/prod/7693/index.html

 

I wear these ^^^. Cheap, and work great. They run a size big. 

Also, neck gaiter (from SA company) around nose and ears, wide brimmed hat, half finger gloves (from fish monkey).

I've had "spots" removed from my ears. Have some more that should probably be removed, and some on my hands. I did have in my youth though!

[herder]

I kayak fish and learned a long time ago not to wear shorts in the yak, my legs and thighs got burned during a "quick" trip on a local river.
 Could barely walk at work for a couple of days.

Long sleeve shirts, long pants, light poly socks, hat and sun screen for the neck and ears.

 Also use the stick sunscreen for the face and schnozz.
I have a bunch of tech shirts that they gave out at Kayak fishing tournaments.

 One thing to be aware of with those if the weather turns while out; clouds, rain and wind, they can get really cold fast.
 I was out a couple of weeks ago when that happened to me, luckily I was only a mile from the launch but by the time I got there I could feel the beginning of hypothermia coming on.
Always carry a spare cotton shirt in a dry bag and towels in the car.

[Glenn]

2 hours ago, herder said:

One thing to be aware of with those if the weather turns while out; clouds, rain and wind, they can get really cold fast.

Yup, that's for sure. Hence the raingear recommendation in my video.

 

Thanks for watching!

[soflabasser]

Good video. Thinking of getting long sleeve fishing shirts and sun gloves. 

On 6/29/2020 at 3:55 PM, Jleebesaw said:

I wear those moisture wicking uv blocking shirts. The $20 wal mart ones. They work as advertised. I bought a couple long sleeved ones last year after getting sunburnt. I just got 2 more that have hoods to protect the neck and ears.  

     The material they are made of is great. You feel so much cooler in them. They stop the heat of the sun, but you can feel any slight breeze through them.

I highly recommend trying them.

Thank you for posting this. Do you feel this uv blocking shirt will keep you cool in +90 degree heat and +85 percent humidity?

[txchaser]

  

On 6/30/2020 at 3:19 PM, galyonj said:

I have the clothes pretty much covered, but I've got to figure out some way to mitigate the fact that I sweat like a dancing mule.

 

Like I'll sweat enough that I have to wring my beard and shirt out.

The Huk Icon X shirts are amazing. Different than the Icon. They both have cool dots in them that apparently hyper-evaporate. I'll fish all day long in Texas heat, so I'm really serious about sun protection and overheating. These shirts are so good at the cooling I got dehydrated because didn't realize how fast they were offloading the sweat.

 

Wide brim hat - columbia cooling

Fingerless columbia cooling gloves

Icon X shirts. Barring that get the icon or at least the ones with vents on the back. I have shirts from three or four different makers and the Huk ones really are better. A lot better. Bag of senkos better. For me, this particular item makes more difference than anything I wear - whatever wide brim hat is probably fine, as an example. 

Neck gaiter - columbia with cool dots - I only wear this when I'm getting a lot of reflection off the water on my neck in the front - sunscreen isn't enough when that happens. 

Pants - still searching for the best pants. I want to feel the wind through them, and most of the technical pants aren't really built that way. 

Socks ( yeah seriously) - I tried out short ankle socks this summer and it made a difference. Second best is coolmax socks. 

Shoes - lightest most breathable shoes I can find that cover the tops of my feet. Frog Toggs seem ok. Not perfect but I'm not on the hunt for something different. 

 

Dipping the hat, gloves, and gaiter in the water will make a difference when it gets really hot.

 

I promise you all that if you pre-game some electrolytes you'll feel much better in the heat. And gatorade is a train-wreck with all the sugar in it. Dilute it 50/50 with water or buy g2. Or use Nuun tablets. And if you feel yourself dragging ass, drink some more. It'll feel like your first cup of coffee in the morning. 

[galyonj]

5 hours ago, txchaser said:

 

I promise you all that if you pre-game some electrolytes you'll feel much better in the heat. And gatorade is a train-wreck with all the sugar in it. Dilute it 50/50 with water or buy g2. Or use Nuun tablets. And if you feel yourself dragging ass, drink some more. It'll feel like your first cup of coffee in the morning.

This is the truth right here.

[Jleebesaw]

13 hours ago, soflabasser said:

Thank you for posting this. Do you feel this uv blocking shirt will keep you cool in +90 degree heat and +85 percent humidity?

Yea. At least as cool as you are going to get. Last weekend it was 92 in the early afternoon when i was wrapping up for the day. I dont know what the humidity was, but it was raining earlier. Definitely had that swampy feeling going on. 

   So its still uncomfortable when its that hot, you cant be totaly cool feeling in the sun when its like that, but these absolutly feel better than wearing a regular tshirt. It just relieves a lot of that intensity from the sun. And like i said before, the breeze if there is any goes right through them.

[soflabasser]

42 minutes ago, Jleebesaw said:

So its still uncomfortable when its that hot, you cant be totaly cool feeling in the sun when its like that, but these absolutly feel better than wearing a regular tshirt. It just relieves a lot of that intensity from the sun. And like i said before, the breeze if there is any goes right through them.

Thank you for your response. I will do more research on the shirt you recommended along with other shirts. 

[Fallser]

I wear long light colored pants, light color t-shirt with a light long sleeve shirt and a well used wide brim Panama hat.  Since I'm a fly fisherman, I also wear a fishing vest that holds a my smaller gear.  Foot wear usually a pair of old sneakers if I'm fishing from a boat.  It the bugs are bad on the water I wear the boots I cut off of an old pair of waders.  If I'm walking in to a lake or fishing from the shore. Pretty much the same outfit.  Waterproof hiking boots and socks that I can tuck my pant legs in.  Clothes well sprayed with insect repellent. 

[scaleface]

I wear full brim hat , sometimes even a straw hat . But I'm not going long pants and sleeves . I slather the sunscreen on all exposed areas and where short sleeves and shorts . I try to avoid 85 degree plus weather . I was a firefighter for 27 years and got overheated too many times .   

[GTN-NY]

21 hours ago, txchaser said:

 

Wide brim hat - columbia cooling

Is this the hat?

https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Unisex-Coolhead-Booney-Fossil/dp/B07DL1PG5W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=columbia+fishing+hat&qid=1592955765&sr=8-23&th=1&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=bassresource-20&linkId=dbfb282b83df2985dda3c0e00af9017f&language=en_US

I need a good hat!
I have a similar one to the linked one but by Woolrich. I fits tight on top of my head so there is no breeze even though it has a mesh fabric strip around it so it’s hot. The little 2” brim is floppy and hangs down. 
I bought a wide brim straw hat this year that has more openings for air and does a good job except the openings allow the sun through and it burns my bald head

[SeaCrow]

Fish naked...you'll not be bothered by people crowding your fishing spot..

[MN Fisher]

7 minutes ago, SeaCrow said:

Fish naked...you'll not be bothered by people crowding your fishing spot..

Ya, just by the water patrol when they come to haul your naked butt to the hoosegow.

[WRB]

Take advantage of today's cool SPF clothing. Covering your sun exposed skin shouldn't be scoffed at. Most anglers don't have a clue how deadly melanoma cancer is. Basal cell is the most common and not life threatening. Squamous cell carcinoma is more agressive but not usually life threatening. When melanoma skin cancer mastastize it spreads everywhere throughout you body resulting in death.

My late freind Bill Murphy, author of In Pursuit of Giant Bass,  passed away from melanoma skin cancer.

Tom 

[GTN-NY]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Take advantage of today's cool SPF clothing. Covering your sun exposed skin shouldn't be scoffed at. Most anglers don't have a clue how deadly melanoma cancer is. Basal cell is the most common and not life threatening. Squamous cell carcinoma is more agressive but not usually life threatening. When melanoma skin cancer mastastize it spreads everywhere throughout you body resulting in death.

My late freind Bill Murphy, author of In Pursuit of Giant Bass,  passed away from melanoma skin cancer.

Tom 

So did my best friend

[Elkins45]

On 6/29/2020 at 3:55 PM, Jleebesaw said:

I wear those moisture wicking uv blocking shirts. The $20 wal mart ones. They work as advertised. I bought a couple long sleeved ones last year after getting sunburnt. I just got 2 more that have hoods to protect the neck and ears.  

     The material they are made of is great. You feel so much cooler in them. They stop the heat of the sun, but you can feel any slight breeze through them.

I highly recommend trying them.

 Do you happen to remember the brand of these shirts? Are they in the men’s clothing section or in sporting goods?

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Take advantage of today's cool SPF clothing. Covering your sun exposed skin shouldn't be scoffed at. Most anglers don't have a clue how deadly melanoma cancer is. Basal cell is the most common and not life threatening. Squamous cell carcinoma is more agressive but not usually life threatening. When melanoma skin cancer mastastize it spreads everywhere throughout you body resulting in death.

My late freind Bill Murphy, author of In Pursuit of Giant Bass,  passed away from melanoma skin cancer.

Tom 

I'm with you on this. I cover everything I can with UPF 50 clothing regardless of temp. Columbia Silver Ridge pants are light and cool. I have a mix of Orvis long sleeve UPF 50 shirts, and a ridiculous looking Columbia hat with flaps on the side. My face gets a UPF 50 gaiter. My hands, around my eyes and cheeks, and my schnozzola gets Aveeno spf 50. My father had a tough time with skin cancer on his face because he wasn't diligent. He's alive, and he got away with multiple skin grafts, but it wasn't fun at all. They had to cut him quite deep. It's one of the very few times I've heard him complain about pain, and he doesn't take novacaine or gas at the dentist because he says the drill doesn't bother him. Imagine that. 

3 minutes ago, Elkins45 said:

 Do you happen to remember the brand of these shirts? Are they in the men’s clothing section or in sporting goods?

https://www.columbia.com/uv-protective-clothing/

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

For me T-shirt, jeans, boots and shades.

 

And lots of Zinc oxide and spray spf 30 for the top of my noggin, I look like Casper! Have to reapply often.

 

I have an aversion to hats since my Army days. UV index is 11 here, So under consideration since Cancer sucks.

[txchaser]

On 7/2/2020 at 5:03 PM, GTN said:

Is this the hat?

https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Unisex-Coolhead-Booney-Fossil/dp/B07DL1PG5W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=columbia+fishing+hat&qid=1592955765&sr=8-23&th=1&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=bassresource-20&linkId=dbfb282b83df2985dda3c0e00af9017f&language=en_US

I need a good hat!
I have a similar one to the linked one but by Woolrich. I fits tight on top of my head so there is no breeze even though it has a mesh fabric strip around it so it’s hot. The little 2” brim is floppy and hangs down. 
I bought a wide brim straw hat this year that has more openings for air and does a good job except the openings allow the sun through and it burns my bald head

Yes that is the hat. 

[GTN-NY]

8 hours ago, txchaser said:

Yes that is the hat. 

Thanks 

it’s ordered 

[KYRANGERMAN]

On 7/3/2020 at 10:24 PM, Elkins45 said:

 Do you happen to remember the brand of these shirts? Are they in the men’s clothing section or in sporting goods?

Realtree.  In the sporting goods section.

[Fishnski48]

i wear a cowboy hat for head and neck coverage, a gaiter for my face if I'm not wearing sunscreen, a Reel Life shirt 98% sun blocking and a short sleeve nylon over that for pockets (gotta put the cigar someplace) Columbia fishing pants and fingerless uv gloves.  This past week it got to 107 by 2:00 pm  yours truly was off the water by noon (only 100).

 

Been fishing like this awhile and at 72 no skin cancer (TG) and only a few wrinkles.  You only get one shot a taking care of your skin..protect yourself

 

https://reellifegear.com/

https://www.columbia.com/mens-pfg-backcast-convertible-pant-1543971.html

 

 

 

[Koopster]

On 7/2/2020 at 1:18 PM, soflabasser said:

Thank you for your response. I will do more research on the shirt you recommended along with other shirts. 

It's really not that complicated.  You can use any shirt that's of the "performance" type - ie, not cotton. 

 

If you can get to stores and handle the shirts, hold them up to your mouth and blow through them to get an idea about how breathable they are. 

 

I have T-shirts that I wear that are 50/50 cotton/poly which are a lot better than 100% cotton.  I also have polo shirts for work that I use that are 90% poly (nike/adidas, etc).  "fishing" or performance shirts work great too.. just look at the labels.