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Anyone have any experience with these gloves? https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Research-Upsurge-Charcoal-Heather/dp/B07D5WRJRQ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Outdoor+Research+Upsurge+Paddle+Gloves&qid=1605502229&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-2 Open to suggestions for other gloves as well of course. Coldest paddle temp for me is prob. 30F. Thanks, Guys.

I read on one of the canoeing bulletin boards about how to handle northern. Someone replied back “ I lip them” well that got my attention. He described waterproofing leather gloves and then using them to handle fish. I still would not lip a northern even with leather gloves on but I do ware leather gloves to handle fish and rarely get my hand wet and never cut or poked. For more than 10 years I have used waterproof leather gloves for fishing and camp chores. How to water proof leather...

I have tried some of the gloves and mitts my kayaking friends use, but theirs are often too grippy for my taste. I found that not having much slip is hard on my hands, as every j-stroke requires that I relax my hand a lot from the grip just a split second before and so on, thousands of times a day...etc. Heck some of them even squeaked every time I rotate the paddle shaft in my paddle hand - very annoying. And yes, water proof would be great too. I use coated wooden paddles like the Bending...