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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 3220981, member: 534"] They keep telling me that extreme cold and extreme heat are very dangerous for the elderly. I am the elderly. Fishing is my passion, and I fish 12 months of the year. On days like today, I soak my shirt and hat, and stay [I]reasonably [/I]comfortable. Or, if it's not a waterbody I'm not comfortable actually getting into, I jump in the lake, do a lap around the boat and climb back aboard. But there's little I can do to eliminate the pain in the ring, middle and index fingers of my left hand (it's invariably the casting hand that suffers for some reason) in February. This past winter, I finally capitulated, and made (and followed) a rule that I wouldn't go out on the river unless the forecast called for temps to get above freezing before 9AM. My wife and I will be in Florida before too long, and getting away from winter is as big a part of the reason as the COL in CT. [/QUOTE]