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Cleaning Your Lines

Started by Wildfisher, May 12, 2013, 01:45:31 PM

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Fishtales

If I think it needs it I will just rub it through a microfibre cloth which seems to be enough. I use red Mucilin on the front taper if I think it is lying too low in the water or if the tip starts getting dragged down by the leader when I am fishing the flies static or waiting on them to sink deeper.
Don't worry, be happy.
Sandy
Carried it in full, then carry it out empty.
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Guddler

Not an obsessive cleaner but I have done so and reckon it's made a small difference.
I also carry a 2" square of cloth soaked with Snowbee line lube sealed up in a tiny gripper bag. Sometimes when the casting goes to ratshit I stop and pull the flyline through this a couple of times. Not sure if it's the little break that works or the cleaning/lubing but things are always better afterwards.

Allan Crawford

I think cleaning fly lines makes sense and though not much experience of snowbee lube, I also think this sounds good.
But as I can't even find time to go fishing never mind the chore of cleaning lines, I haven't done either in years and don't think it makes me catch any less fish, ok so I'm catching bandies from hill lochs or from a boat on bigger lochs, but doubt I would have done any better with a cleaner line. When I fish it gets a wash  :D

desmondo

Just last Saturday a pal gave me one of the car dashboard wipes to clean my line whilst out fishing. It immediately made a difference in terms of running smoothly when casting. First time for me and I was impressed.

Wildfisher

These dashboard wipes sound good. What are they called and where do you get them?

haresear

Quote from: admin on May 14, 2013, 09:15:38 AM
These dashboard wipes sound good. What are they called and where do you get them?

I use Armorall, available from any motor accessory place and possibly the big supermarkets?

Alex
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Wildfisher


Wildfisher

Do these sad bastards who stand in fields with measuring tapes and try to out-cast each other use this stuff or is it considered a bit Lance Armstrong?   :lol:

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