Paddyschoice wrote:Hi all
Just a quick question regarding reel maintenance- should you wash your reel down with freshwater after a fishing trip??
Currently after a session I'll wash my reels down with fresh water.... and after every 5 or 6 sessions I'll take the spool off and put some WD40 on the shaft and also in the hole where the reel handle arm is (take this off obviously) then in those areas again I put some 3in1 oil spray. Is this the right thing to be doing? Should I be putting some grease on it?
Should a reel be washed down with freshwater or is it needed?
Also, should I wash down my rods with freshwater? I know there's no real moving parts... but just wondering!
Cheers Folks
Eoin
I rinse off both the rod and reel after fishing. I rinse off the rod too so the rings don’t rust. With the reel I tend to rinse it lightly as I don’t want water getting into it. I use one of those yokes for spraying plants to water them but a damp cloth is good too. I take the spool off and give the line (braid in my case) a good rinse. I don’t use wd40 . I just use some oil (it’s reel oil I use but I’m sure 3 in one is grand) on the moving parts and bearings (just one drop down the shaft to the main bearing and a drop on each bearing each side of the handle and the line roller bearing too). Maybe once a season I might wipe off the grease around the drag and add a bit of new stuff. If it get’s really stiff, I’ll strip it down and clean the bearings and parts with lighter fluid and re-oil the bearings and grease the other parts like the gears etc but I avoid having to do this if I can. Hope that helps.