fishing in cold weather

[borntoflyfish]

I just thought I would pass on some of the things I will use when it gets cold. After catching a fish I use one of the wife's dish towels to dry my hands off. She will never know. I'll swipe it when she's not looking. Now don't get one of them bright red towels. Something on the brown side always fills the need. Then when she's not looking I'll throw it in the dirty clothes pile. This is some thing I use at work all the time. Them little hand warmers you can get two of them for a dollar most times. Just by putting one of them little things in your pocket before you slip your waders on sure helps a lot.
And they last a long time. It says 8 hours And they will last every bit of that. I've got a set of gloves where you can place one of these in a pocket made into the glove. Sure helps a lot after you dry your hands with that dish towel. And you can place your hands into a nice warm pare of gloves. They also make some of these warmers that you put on the bottom of your feet. Myself just a good pare of wool and synthetic blend socks work just fine. It's just some of these simple things like this that will make your time on the water a little more bearable when it gets10-below zero.

[fly addict]

I have been using the Ketchum Release tool, better for the fish and better for your hands. Just slide it down the line to the hook and pop the fish off without touching it or hurting it. Your hands don’t get wet and freeze up, and the fish does not leave the water and freeze when the air temp is colder than the water temp. It does not take long to cause permanent damage to a fish’s gills when they are exposed to air temps that are below 32. The fish may swim off and look like it is ok, but once its gills have been frozen the fish will probably end up dyeing later. I would rather error on the side of giving the fish every chance to live and survive his close encounter with me and maybe I can catch it again later.

Mark

[RSetina]

I bought one of those for Sherry and myself after seeing you use one the last time we fished on a local creek. I'd heard of them but had never seen one used. I was so impressed I had to have one.

[borntoflyfish]

I seen the ones used by the worm dunkers. Is it the same thing? Thanks I never thought of their gills and what would happen to them in the cold temps. I am the same way try and keep my hand off the fish as much as possable. I will pull them over to the bank and use my pliers to pull the flies out. Thats where my hands get wet pushing them back into the water. Thanks thats good to know.[quote="fly addict"]It does not take long to cause permanent damage to a fish’s gills when they are exposed to air temps that are below 32.

[fishinsteve]

Good stuff Thanks

Steve

[fflutterffly]

Simms extreem socks with thin liner. Using the vapor barrier works great.

[briansII]

I seen the ones used by the worm dunkers. Is it the same thing? Thanks I never thought of their gills and what would happen to them in the cold temps. I am the same way try and keep my hand off the fish as much as possable. I will pull them over to the bank and use my pliers to pull the flies out. Thats where my hands get wet pushing them back into the water. Thanks thats good to know.

It does not take long to cause permanent damage to a fish’s gills when they are exposed to air temps that are below 32.

Slip the tool over your leader, slide it down to the fly, and give it a little push-twist and the fly pops out. Works well, but not on all style of flies.

briansII

[Flyjunkie]

Grab your 8wts. & 10 wts. hop a Plane to Christmas Island, fish for Bonefish ... No cold weather, no need to bundle up, wear short pants, a airy shirt and wet wade the Flats... Problem with staying warm while fishing is SOLVED...

Most certainly do not remove the Trout from the Water when it is around freezing, protect those swimming gems...

[briansII]

Them little hand warmers you can get two of them for a dollar most times. Just by putting one of them little things in your pocket before you slip your waders on sure helps a lot.
And they last a long time. It says 8 hours And they will last every bit of that. I've got a set of gloves where you can place one of these in a pocket made into the glove. Sure helps a lot after you dry your hands with that dish towel. And you can place your hands into a nice warm pare of gloves. They also make some of these warmers that you put on the bottom of your feet. Myself just a good pare of wool and synthetic blend socks work just fine. It's just some of these simple things like this that will make your time on the water a little more bearable when it gets10-below zero.

Those little heat packets are great. I don't have the special gloves with a pouch, but I just slide them inside the glove. The bad thing is, if they get wet, they stop working. I also slide some in the handwarmer pocket of one of my waders. It's like a mini spa for your cold hands.

A friend of mine put some packets _inside_ his socks, while wearing waders. It got hot enough to slightly burn his skin.

briansII