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    Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:32am
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Quite simply..... How do you do it?

After each time you go out and cast a line what do you personally do upon once back on land that ensures she is smooth firing for years to come!

A spray with water? Inox? what do you do?

Just a place to give tips or advice on how to get the best out of your reel.

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Every year, I'll pull apart and degrease, clean and re-lube gears and drags. Get some proper grease and oil + a schematic - lots of kitchen towel and tubs for bits. Thread washer & drag stacks  onto a string to ensure correct reassembly. Even take a close up photo once opened up.
 
Lock down drag after use and spray with detergent (I use Simple Green) and scrub any bits off. Spray with very light fresh-water mist, then dry off in sun/wind and spray on Tackle Guard/ Inox etc.  Slacken off reel drags. Do rods too.
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spray with salt away and a coating of wd40 + get the pro to do the yearly maintenance...
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Light spray rinse, dry and wipe with Inox soaked rag and pull apart as time/use needed
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I must be fussy! drag tightened up sprayed with salt away as soon as i'm off the water. When dry drag loosened off & wiped with water. Finished off with a spray of inox on body of reel, bail arm, line roller & handle. About every 3rd time used, inox grease to insides. Reels still feel like new, love those daiwa spinning reels.Smile
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Bout the same here guys. Rinse with water then left to dry then spray with tackle guard. Yearly sservice at local tackle shop. ( too small and fiddley for me )
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most of my reels are 15 to 20 years old hence back then Penn was the way go, you an i know they aren't easy to maintain...
but they are still silky smooth and operate as they should...

i pull them to bits when brand new and line the inside with a water pro grease hence saltwater can not attach itself to any internal parts....

apart from that i wash them down after most trips using a worm soupy water solution and a soft brush ...




 
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I leave mine with a protective coating of fish slime and bait, it's very important to get the mix right.Clown

Seriously though, I rinse my gear off with a spray of fresh water and a scrub if needed. Spray on some stuff WD40 or CRC or Inox and that's it. I service my own reels and stopped servicing them every year ages ago because I have so many other things to do. Best to do them every year if you can though no doubt about it, more if you're lucky to get out lots or your gear gets a soaking as they do from a kayak.

Most of my reels are pretty ancient but they still work a treat, apart from my last fishing trip out east on Diversity when the handle fell off my cheapie softbait reel.Big smile

I serviced my Penn Senator for the first time last year, it was the first service it has had in 8 years or however old it is. Admittedly it wasn't used much but it did a dandy job of landing a marlin for Skoti last year.
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Hot water is much better at removing salt than cold.....Wink
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I dont use water on my reels at all(except to wash line)...just spray with inox...leave for a while and then wipe off excess.....wash my line every time...braid or mono...spool top 20 metres in to the sink and then warm water lightly over the line on reel.spins = i take the spool off to do that(leave in airing cupboard overnight to dry). inox rollers.Braid and mono lasts a long time then.
service drags on spin reels myself.Get Reel serviced by jeff murray(The legend) when i feel like it!wash rods with hose and inox guides(but never Fuji reel seats ,only metal ones) every time...never leave a reel on a rod.Drags backed off.
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I rinse every thing with fresh water an wipe dry.
Spray a little inox in areas I think could use it.
Fishing from a Kayak the odd reel will get dripped in the tide,so after that happens I pull em' apart give em' a clean an lube.
Some thing I noticed as soon as I started doing that is that very little water does get in most of the time.
I'm more carefull about cleaning my rods than I am my reels.
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Originally posted by Fugu Fugu wrote:

Hot water is much better at removing salt than cold.....Wink
Salt is at its most soluble at 40C so warm IS best. 
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Service all reels once a month all 10 of the buggers complete stripdown and re grease. Wash with water on some and others get a spray with inox depends if in have rubber handles or not
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Originally posted by Fishb8 Fishb8 wrote:

Originally posted by Fugu Fugu wrote:

Hot water is much better at removing salt than cold.....Wink
Salt is at its most soluble at 40C so warm IS best. 

Very good to know!!


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Guys, why is Inox better than CRC Marine or some of the others? or is it just personal preference? 
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Braid doesn't like sprays like crc etc,if you can try not to get it on the braid As it shortens the life of it
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CRC also seems to fucl the rubber handles.

I use a spray bottle of hot soapy water to spray down my rods and rel. Leave for a bit to drip while i do some thimg else then wipe dry with a cloth followed by a good spray with inox.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realise we can't eat money.
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I just hose em down rod & reel, attachment is a multihead use the shower part give em a good hose & drip dry. None of that CRC ****e. That warm to hot water sounds the go.
Started showering with em tooBig smile
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Inox smells yummy too...wd40 is ok but the smell of crc makes me want to pwk.
Do you sleep with em too John?LOL
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light spray of water and use crc tackle guard, is that ok on braid???
i always spray the cloth and wipe it over
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