Rod/Reel Maintenance

This is a good time of year for some reel maintenance. As I look outside this morning, there's snow on the ground and a good day for inside chores. It's also a good time of year to get your fishing equipment in order so come spring it's ready to go.                            Rods: Check for cracked or missing guide liners. I like to wipe my rods off with a rag sprayed w/furniture polish. Makes em look new. A tiny bit of vaseline works great on the reel seat nut threads also.

Reels: A little grease on gears and oil on bearings is about it other than a good cleaning with a couple Q-tips. For my braided line musky fishing reels, I strip the line from one reel then reel the line from one reel onto another etc until I get back to the original reel. This puts the unused portion of the line on the outside ready for another season. This works geat on reels of similar size.

If anyone else has any good ideas they'd like to share, let's hear em.