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I can't help with frozen fingers, but I will say wearing rubber gloves will solve your cracking and chapping problems. I wear them while fishing, and also while cleaning fish. I get the thin mechanics nitrile ones from the auto parts store or the Costco big box of blue ones. The Costco ones are really only good for 1 day most times. Heavier ones last better, until they get too many hook or spine punctures. They do provide some additional warmth, by keeping the wind off your skin. They also keep the skin from getting all dried out in the wind and water.X2 on the O'keefes working hands lotion- I used that for hunting season as well- I worked up to 4 weeks straight, and blood is one of the hardest things on your hands. That stuff makes a big difference if you use it every day.
any time i have ever put on rubber gloves my hands sweat almost instantly..im not sure i would want sweaty hands in rubber gloves in the cold...
They're called "chill blains." I used to get them a lot when I was a kid.
Buy a pair of athletic sweatbands and put them on your wrists. Tuck a hot hands hand warmer under each sweatband on the vein clusters on your wrists. It will keep your hands warm without gloves down to 10 degrees
Has anyone else noticed that all the gloves with a pocket for the hand warmer put it on the back of the hand, OUTSIDE THE INSULATION! I really wish someone made mittens or gloves that had a pocket for the hand warmer that held if on the inside of the wrist, against the skin, or at least inside the insulation, instead of outside. That idea below really got me thinking. Have to see what the wife can sew up.