AquaSkinz Finger Shield

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Sweetwater

If by "cursed" you mean letting you use my gear, then I'd agree.

An honorable man would take his win and call it a day. Give me that video back. You're no longer allowed to enjoy it.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Thanks Mike. I'll just have to try one on. Anyone know of a shop between 495 and Truro that has them in stock? Probably heading that way in a few weeks.

Thanks everyone for the help.

Red Top had them in the fall. Probably still do.

[Squid kids Dad]

SWE was out of them at xmas time

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by MAC

Just cut a finger off of your wifes dishwashing gloves.

Thats funny ... Your wife told me you washed all the dishes . Wearing a frilly apron to boot ..

[Krispy]

Fingerguards? For real?

[fishaholic18]

I've never had the need for a finger guard or glove..except if it is too cold to go bare handed. Never did understand why guys wear them, I've never had a prob. cutting myself with braid..conv. or spin, surf or boat....Maybe diff casting style????? Girlie hands???? I don't know... Curious....

[luds]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

I've never had the need for a finger guard or glove..except if it is too cold to go bare handed. Never did understand why guys wear them, I've never had a prob. cutting myself with braid..conv. or spin, surf or boat....Maybe diff casting style????? Girlie hands???? I don't know... Curious....

I think that has alot to do with proper casting form. Yeah I just kissed your ass a little. I put way too much pressure on the line with my finger. I just can't break the habit. One day I'll lose a finger for it.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by luds

I think that has alot to do with proper casting form. Yeah I just kissed your ass a little. I put way too much pressure on the line with my finger. I just can't break the habit. One day I'll lose a finger for it.

[Clogston29]

i can and do fish braid without gloves with relatively heavy, say up to 3 oz, plugs without issue. but more and more i find myself fishing with gloves on each hand. just don't see the point in destroying my hands (bass thumb/hand, barnacle cuts, line cuts, etc.) when i can comfortably were a pair of aquaskinz gloves. i guess i'm just soft.

[Mike P]

It has to do more with casting heavy weights, than proper form. If you want to try to tell me that I don't have good form, you're going to get into one hell of an argument

3 oz is about the lightest weight that I cast. When you move up to 4, 5 and 6 oz, you need something on your finger. Especially when it's raining--wet skin cuts way more easily than dry.

Braid is abrasive--all brands--even the soft ones like Sufix. After a night of throwing 4 oz jigs with a reel like a 525 Mag or a Saltist, my leveling thumb looks like raw hamburger. Retrieving eels and light plugs doesn't put nearly as much stress on your thumb as humping 4 oz jigs from 40' depths against a 4 knot current does. Same is true when you're talking about casts with a spinning reel. Once my leveling thumb is junk, I have to switch over until the skin repairs itself--if I chew my trigger finger up, what am I supposed to do--not fish?

[bassballer]

I usually always wear aquaskins gloves mainly for grabbing rocks, ect. One night took the gloves off, got swept off a rock by a waves threw me backwards and I was scraping my hands down the rock trying to hold on for dear life. After i got myself back onto the rock my hands looked like they had gone through a cheese grater. I always wear gloves now. No exception.

[fishgolf]

Switched back to Yozuri Hybrid from braid to save the skin on my hands. Don't need gloves anymore, though heavier jigs are tougher to retrieve with the Hybrid line.

I met my current wife in October about 5 or 6 years ago.
My hands looked like I had leprosy, had to hide them from her...all from no gloves, braid and lots of fish... She fell in love with me anyway...must have been the braces