A Place To Share Your Fishing Experience: Basic Maintenance Guidelines To Get Optimum Performance of Your Spinning Reel

Fishy Tips

Tip No 1 - For coastal fishing, get a tide chart and learn how to use it.

Tip No 2 - Always try and get fresh bait. Catching it yourself can be fun too.

Tip No 3 - Use the lightest sinker you need for the job. Sometimes this will only be a very small one.

Tip No 4 - Become good at tying important knots. Get a good knot book, learn to tie the Locked Half Blood Knot and practice it.

Tip No 5 - Read as much as you can in magazines like Fishing World. There are heaps of really useful things as well as heaps of good pictures.

Tip No 6 - Never touch or handle a fish or creature that you can't identify. It might bite or sting.

Tip No 7 - Get a good fish identification book and study it.

Tip No 8 - Always wash salt off your fishing gear, including hooks and lures, after you've finished fishing at the coast.

Tip No 9 - Try and have a freshwater tackle box and a saltwater tackle box. This will protect your freshwater stuff from rust at the coast.

Tip No 10 - When you are not using your reels, keep them in a dark place, like a draw or cloth bag. Sunlight damages fishing line very quickly.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Basic Maintenance Guidelines To Get Optimum Performance of Your Spinning Reel

Inorder to get the optimum performance out of your spining reel and to prolong its life you have to carry out a simple basic maintenance on your spinning reel. Below are the basic maintenance guidelines to get the optimum performance of your spining reel:

After each fishing trip we recommend lightly spraying down your reel with freshwater and then gently wiping away all moisture with a soft clean towel.
Do not submerge or use a hard direct spray of freshwater on the reel as this can drive debris such as salt, sand, oils and many other contaminants into the core of your reel. This type of misuse will leave your reel's internal parts to be exposed to standing water that can lead to future problems.
Another good means of protection is to use a water displacing lubricant. This helps take away the smallest amounts of water and will form a barrier between your reel and corrosive elements.
It is recommended that at least once a year you have your reel serviced. If you spend a lot of time on the water with your reel you may want to have it serviced more frequently.
By following these simple steps you will prolong the life of your reel.