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How deos everyone clean there tackle when getting back to the dock?
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How deos everyone clean there tackle when getting back to the dock?
I wash mine with water but I still get rollers that freeze up and salt on the reels. Does anyone use soap and a brush or spray them with anything. Will the soap mess up your line?
I have been using saltaway for the past year or so. I try not to force water down into the reels, but soak the rods thoroughly. I let them air dry then wipe them down with a rag sprayed with wd40. At that time I make sure the rollers are lubed and all the eyes get some wd.
We just use dawn dish detergent and a sponge on the rods and reels. then rinse with clean water. Make sure you push the drags all the way forward before washing the reels. Twice a year I put a drop of Reel-X oil on each roller . Never a problem with them freezing up...Mark
I thoroughly wash mine with tons of fresh water when I get home, pat them dry with a shammy and then let them dry out for a day or two in the laundry room before storing them in the closet. No frozen rollers (Aftco) and strictly saltwater use.
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Light soap and water after use...lock drags when washing...let em hang dry from the ceiling rack...salt x at the end of season and lube rollers once a year...that will do it.... (some times skip the soap )
I've discoved over time that even though I rinse my tackle before putting it away I still have an occasional problem with rod and reel parts seizing up usually after the off-season.
Leaving the tackle in the basement has been the culprit I believe. The constant moister accelerates issues. Fortunately (or unfortunately) I have recantly become an empty nester so I have a bedroom I can use to house my better tackle.
Just a thought for those who store tackle in basements.
I rinse 'em off, wash 'em with dish soap and a sponge, rinse 'em again, and dry 'em off with a shammy. I never have problem with roller guides. I have never seen any problems with the soap on the line, but I am sure there are less powerful soaps that are better dor it than dish soap.
I wash mine with soap and water and then dry with shammy. Never have problems with rollers.
Exactly! If you are using Dawn or any other type of degreaser, you are removing any and all protectant you may have on the reel or rods. I use the same soap I use on the boat and water, wash, mist the soap off, dry the rods and reels and store. Drags remain at strike until the reels are dried and I leave them on until the following day. Then all drags are pulled back to free spool. After a couple of days I put the covers on them.
Every once in a while, I wipe down rods and reels with Reel Magic or Penn Rod and Reel Cleaner(with corrosion inhibitors).
Once a year, I cut a length of dacron line, wrap it around each roller one at a time and drop some oil onto each side of the rollers using the dacron to work the roller back and forth.
My outfits look like the day I got them. My rollers have never seized. Dish soap is the absolutely worst thing you can use. If that dish soap gets inside the reels, it will do what it is supposed to do, it will help to remove the grease. Seems common sense and I am surprised so many of you are using it. If you quit using dishwashing liquid, I bet your reels will perform better longer with fewer corrosion issues as long as you actually used some type of corrosion inhibitor occasionally.
All lever drags get their drags set to Max. Then, everything is thoroughly flushed with lots and lots of freshwater. It's important to store the reels the way the manufacturer intended, with the drainholes facing downward. If water does get in the reel, it will drain out properly.
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I use the same soap I use on the boat and water, wash, mist the soap off, dry the rods and reels and store.
Exact way we do it, except I do not dry off the reels or rods. We have a custom rod rack in the garage so rods stand up and can air dry. We leave drags on till they are dry. No reel or roller issues in the past 4 yrs of doing it this way.
Might be your best friend but clearly a product to avoid for the most part. It will remove the wax from the boat, not a good thing. It will remove any protectant you may have on metal parts.
You are welcome to use it but if you realize what it actually does, you wouldn't. Great for dishes, great for anything that you want grease or oil removed from. I prefer to leave the wax on my boat, protectants on my reels and the grease inside the reels where it belongs.
We spray ours off daily with fresh water while at the coast when we wash down the boat and apply a coat of REEL FREE, bought at Bass Pro. Once home we clean the boat and equipment with boat wash soap, using a presure washer on the light presure at a distance spray the rods and reels. Once dry, REEL FREE again and store. Have not any issues with reels not working, normal maintenance, have had to have some rods re wrapped after 8 years.
How deos everyone clean there tackle when getting back to the dock? 
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