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It's getting a little brisk off our coast, now, and wondered if anyone could suggest a style of gloves or techniques for keeping hands warm, yet still be able to work with tieing knots in fishing line, etc.
Man, I remember last year about this time, trying to untangle a backlash with numb fingers, in the middle of a blitz of fish. Came this --> <-- close to grabbing the rod 1/2 way up, and "tomahawking" the reel on the gunwale, I was so pissed...
I'm thinking about ski mittens, then just pulling them on and off as needed, but....?
I do not know of any glove that can be worn and still tie a not in fishing line, but a good suggestion for keeping your hands warm while fishing, would be a pair of scuba gloves. I would recommend the Henderson Hyperstrech Gloves. Other then tying knots in your fishing line, you should be able to wear them for the rest of the time.
There are fingerless gloves that have a 'flap' that slips over your fingers and they become mittens.* I have a wool pair and a polar fleece pair and both make winter fishing bearable.* It beats taking them on and off and as a mitten, it's pretty toasty.
__________________ "One would think that the earth was the road Of the body, that the sea was the road Of the soul."
I have circulation problems in my feet and hands so this topic is near and dear to me.
I like to striper fish off of N.C. in January and Feb and can not have my hands get cold or wet.
I went thru a gazillion types of gloves before I found a combination of things that work.
Nothing totally allows one to tie knots with out taking your hands out. Unless you are a very experienced surgeon.
First I havea pair of Arctic type gloves from Bass Pro Shops. There is a glove insert that fit into a mitten. The mitten thumbs and finger cover can be pulled back to expose the glove insert. The combo is advertised to be waterproof, but is not. These gloves are about 50 bucks and are warm until they get wet. When dry you can easily insert the chemical hand warmers in them and that works good.
Recently I found some waterproof gloves at BPS and so far they are water proof. I plan to use them as the glove insert for the mittens. This way I can keep a chemical hand warmer inside the glove and use the glove inside the mitten. The mitten can get wet but the inner glove will keep the hand dry. They also make a waterproof sock and I have definitely had the benefit of that already this fall.
The water proof gloves and socks are each 35.00 a pair.
When there is little chance of getting wet, I use fingerless gloves and can semi tie a knot, but that is cumbersome.
Hope this helps.
Oh, did I mention I carry a portable gas space heater with me in case the hands get too cold...LOL...
I find the neoprene dive glove to be better when the temp drops and the wind picks up.
If you are wearing the roll back the finger tip wool type gloves what do you do when it comes time to handle a fish? Or put you hands in water?
My winter boat driving mitts are Down filled. My fishing gloves are custom altered 3 ml. dive gloves w/ slits cut in each finger and thumb to expose the tips of my five digits. What I did was marked where the slits would go, inserted a finger size piece of wood into one finger at a time, got a belt hole punch, put a hole at each end of each marked slit, then cut the slits - gloves have stood up for years.
I use the Cabela's duck gloves. I have the short and the long ones. Work great even surf fishing. Can't tie knots but how important is that anyway? They keep your hands dry. I even use them to wash cars in the winter.
__________________ Richie
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I found Cheap Fleece glove from Columbia to work the best. They are warm even when wet. That is what I wear when fishing in the gulf of Maine in November. My guess is they will work in NC.
A friend of mine, Pinky McDonald, was nicknamed Cold Hands by the Mexicans. Always had a cold beer in his hands, god rest his soul. I this your problem too?
Cheap all wool fingerless have always been the best from my experence. If that is not enough get a box of latex medical gloves to wear underneath the wool. Real basic, real cheap and it works.
Cold hands? Gloves? 
