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swimbaitThu Oct-28-04 10:04 PM
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#2579, "Line care tips"


  

          

Been thinking about line some lately and wanted to share a few little trix I use.

1. Before your trip, start at one end of your room/garage and start peeling the line out on to the floor. Walk back slowly as you peel the line out until you have 100' or so out. Then wind it back on tightly. This will change the position of the line on the reel and help reduce coil/memory in the line.

2. When you store your rods, don't leave them stored with the line wrapped around the guides (like you do to prevent tangles in the boat). The stretch can weaken the line.

3. When you do wrap up your line around the guides to travel, don't wrap it super tight. It'll get little kinks around the guides, and wrapping it super tight WILL weaken the line, especially around the knot.

4. If your line gets salt on it from ocean fishing that doesn't come off when you rinse your reel, do the same thing as in number one, but run it through a rag with a little WD40 sprayed on it.

5. Spray a little WD40 on each of your guides and wipe it off. Helps the line go through smoothly.

Maybe one of these will put an extra fish in the boat for you. It's always worth it to maintain your line as best you can.

  

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Line care tips [View all] , swimbait, Thu Oct-28-04 10:04 PM
  RE: Line care tips, Wade, Oct 07th 2004, #1
RE: Line care tips, JerryG, Oct 28th 2004, #3

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