There are certain times of the year that fishermen need a pair of fishing gloves and when you talk about fishing gloves you also need to talk about fingerless gloves. Why do you have to talk about fingerless gloves when you talk about fishing gloves? Because in many styles of fishing being able to use your fingers for "feeling" your line, bait, or lure is of the utmost importance. When this is the case, fingerless gloves leave your fingers unfettered and free to accomplish these tasks.
The most important thing to point out about this style of fishing glove is that they are really only effective when air temperatures are between thirty and sixty degrees Fahrenheit. When air temperatures fall below this temperature range, fingerless gloves serve little or no purpose, although they make excellent glove liners in very cold temperatures below 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
This type of fishing glove is amazing because your hands stay remarkably warm, yet you have your fingers free for baiting up, digging through your tackle box or fishing vest, and most importantly of all in my opinion, feeling your fishing line when you are drift fishing with live bait. In the spring and the fall drift fishing is a great fishing tactic and being able to "feel" you line is integral to success when drift fishing, which means that fingerless gloves that give you the ability to use your fingers while keeping your hands warm are perfect.
In fishing situations such as this fingerless gloves are a "must have" item. Although it seems as if this type of fishing glove couldn't possibly help to keep your hands warm, they nonetheless do. It's really quite incredible. When compared to having bare hands, hands that are covered with a pair of gloves sans fingers, helps to keep your hands quite warm, and as we all know nothing can ruin a perfectly good fishing trip like having cold hands.
The style of fishing glove that I'm referring to is made from two types of material. The first is wool and the second is fleece or polar fleece. They are both comfortable and work well but I tend to like polar fleece more. The bottom line is that if you are going to spend time on the water fishing during the spring or the fall of the year when temperatures are between thirty and sixty degrees Fahrenheit having a pair of fingerless fishing gloves is a great idea. I know from experience how quickly a seemingly normal fishing trip can turn from good to bad simply because of cold hands. Fingerless gloves can help to eliminate this problem forever so keeping a pair in your tackle box or fishing vest is a great idea.
Fingerless Fishing Gloves
