D-Hollow smallies Sunday

[eatsleepfish]

Tommorrow is the day. I am going to Dale come blizzard or high water! I think we will stay tonight at the State Park lodge tonight in hopes of missing driving down in wintery conditions. Any help that I could get on keeping hands fairly dry and warm will be appreciated. FNF is the plan and I have to admit that this technique has let me down dramatically in the past. With the forcast of 40degrees and rain is this what I need to increase my odds of a bobber going under. Any help to increase my confidence is needed.

[crazy4bass]

I went this past monday and had 5 on a fnf and 3 more pull downs all in a 30 yard stretch. It was on a long point that had grass. I was 10' down using a baby blue/chart fly. It was snowing on me then. Even seen a big Bald Eagle :-)

[Downwind]

Heard this idea on here some time back. Surgical gloves over the top of your regular gloves.

[crazy4bass]

I wouldn't advise using any latex or rubber glove. Your hands will sweat. You're better off to get you some good goretex gloves. I take a hot hands warmer and put it inside my gloves against the back of my hands. My hands rarely get cool

[eatsleepfish]

Thanks fellas for all the advice. It's about 8pm and heading south towards Dale. Will post tomorrow evening when I return. I will be sure to give the most detailed info that I can so I might be able to help someone else that will be going down soon.

[RoadToad]

>Any help that I could get on keeping hands fairly
>dry and warm will be appreciated.

You could stay home and warm them in front of the fire like some of us poor saps have to do. Or, if you're lucky enough to be out fishing (as you apparently are), you might try a thin layer of vaseline, then surgical gloves (the good ones that are sized, not the cheap ones you buy by the boxful), then plain old cloth oxford gloves with the fingertips cut out. Of course you'll want to use nets to handle your bait, but with the vaseline and the gloves, even if you do have to reach into the water, your fingers will warm back up instead of staying frozen to the bone. Until, of course, you poke a hole in a glove with a hook.

Best of Luck on Your Float 'n' Fly Adventure!