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Now that the temperature is dropping what do you wear

Personally I wear either my Palm Sidewinder Cag and Combi Bib or my Typhoon Multisport Pro drysuit with a pair of Typhoon Rock Boots, base layer Peak Thermal Rashy with a Reed transpire fleece over the top and a pair of Lidl padded trousers, decent pair of socks, pair of Endless River Beaver titanium gloves and result toasty warm

Headwear is important so the good old Sweet Rocker Full Cut for the winter to keep my ears warm

Graeme

easy this one

Snowboard Salopettes
Long Johns
Sweat evaporator rash vest
Semi Dry cag or Vans snowboard coat
Fleece socks inside
Sealskinz
Drain trainers
Cycling Gell gloves
White hat

lakes /easy rivers montane sallopettes and top supplied by my boy
top netto furry lined boots and walking gloves with either buff or tilly hat

the white stuff old fishing pile sallopetees under canoe spec sallopettes and top ( cant remember type) gloves wetsuit bootees and trainers
stillget cold feet

If it's going to be , then 'Ron Hills' under the salopettes, thick socks in the wellies, keep with HH Lifa under my normal paddle top/s, poggies/windproof gloves, lip balm and I rarely paddle without a water & windproof hat anyway. I'll probaly take along an extra fleece & winter mitts, for when I stop, so I don't get cold.

TGB

Dry suit, Falke base layer, forth element top and bottoms, depends how cold i am more tops, hat. Main problem for me is keeping my hands warm i have tried all sorts of gloves inculding dive gloves, best in my kayak are poggies. Xmas present from my wife is a pair of palm nova boots. The other problem i have by the time i stop paddling i am normally wet through sweating so i find i get cold as soon as i stop, this may not be such a problem in a canoe

dell

Cold; Montane terra stretch pants, Montane event trousers, thick socks, Chotta Muckluck boots, Liffa top, Nookie thermal core, Rab Mountain top.

Cold and Wet; replace top with a cag, forget which one it is but Graeme @ YC supplied it and its great! oh and a seal skin thermal waterproof cap with ear covers, neoprene gloves.

Brew stop; Montane 'Toasty' jacket over the top of everything, doesn't matter if it gets wet as its just as warm as...er...toast

With the Frostbite upon us I thought that raisng this thread would be worthwhile

I notice Lidl have some low cost ski pants available at the moment

Reed chillcheater have an offer on for their Transpire fleece at the moment. Check out their website

Thinking about newer members of the forum, and responding to Jammy's reference to the Frostbyte...

There's a lot of expensive kit listed above (Montane, Berghaus, North Face etc), and to be honest in my opinion, unless you're expecting to take a good dunking, or you're going to be away from civilization for a number of days, you don't really need it...

A base layer T-Shirt that wicks moisture away from the body ,this sounds technical and expensive but it's not, any synthetic "T" will do...

A mid layer fleece that wicks moisture away from the body, again sounds very technical and expensive but they're not, any "thin" fleece will do...

A top layer fleece.... you know the story by now...

A good rain coat that allows you to move...

A good set of snowboarding/skiing salopettes....

A pair of base layer walking socks.....

A pair of full on toasty walking socks....

A pair of fisherfolk's neoprene boots, with a "proper" sole...

And a hat, only Sir Jammy could advise on this....

Plus a change tucked in a dry bag (just in case)...

You certainly don't need "all the gear" to get out in a boat in winter, as long as you're sensible and paddle within your limits...

Cheers
Red.

Oy!

If I had more hair I wouldn't need so many hats