I don't know about you guys but between the braid cuts , hook poikes and release knicks my hands are killing me already and it is only June 7!
Yesterday I could not take it anymore. Lotions were not cutting it and didn't make it them feel much better. I got some squid juice on my hands and the pain in the cuts was just too much. (That stuff stings when you get it in a cut). I asked my wife to help me out. She found something that seemed to really help. "Gloves in a bottle"
http://www.glovesinabottle.com/
It is not a lotion. It goes on like a lotion and drys into a very very thin latex glove that wears off in about a 1/2 day. (you can hardly feel it). But it seals your skin from the air and your own body heals it. I put some on and it is a little messy but when it dried I have to say it felt damn good the rest of the night.
I also finally picked up some aquaskins black thunder gloves. I normally don't like fishing with gloves but I was at wits end and these are pretty thin and they seem to really protect your hands. I tied a double uni-knot with them on and it seemed ok. Also they look like braid will cut right thru them but I was throwing 3 oz plugs with braid most of the night and sinching up knots much tighter then I would bare handed and the finger tip and palm corners where the line was shows NO wear at all. Time will tell but I have to say after one night I am pretty impressed with both of these products. My hands feel better already.
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