Big clunky mittens – sometimes with a hothands popped in it – are there for me just in case. I might wear them when it’s really cold out and I’m travelling to or from the spot.
Nice,well-fitting (but not TIGHTLY fitting) elkskin gloves for tasks or normal travelling in double-digit temps.
Brown cotton jerseys with the thumbtips and pointer fingertips cut off are for fishing. When it’s really cold I’ll have a hothands in the palm of each glove. I bring a bunch,keep a bunch in the boat in spring and fall…When they get wet,I use another.and another,and another. They’ve gotta be cotton,not the cotton/polyester blend I’m seeing lately (Walmart has 100% polyester. it’s advertised “for longer wear”. Ya right).
I have about 1/2 bushel of gloves ready to go,and another 4 dozen in the packaging….On a nice day when they only get wet from handling fish,it’s sweet to have a pile in the corner of the sled.
I wash them in cold,and only wash them when necessary. The majority of fish slime or other soil comes off in the dryer.