Gonna try the glove thing first, and that thermasheild sounds interesting. Trouble really hits me when I'm cleaning fish, or when I'm trying to un-hook a fish and its going nuts. You guys sound like me when you are fishing about 24/7 my hands are so taped up with water proof tape they look like little mummy's. You can just feel the pain each time you bend a finger. The problem wouldn't be so bad but I scratch at night for no reason and get little rashes which in turn as soon as some fish slime hits it the welts start spreading like crazy. Another funny thing is for some reason Kings and Coho's affect me the most, trout especially steelhead sometimes doesn't affect me at all.