These small washers sit on the spool shaft, and adjust the way your line lays on the spool.
If you notice your line likes to stack on one side of your spool, you probably need to add or remove a washer.
Flip your Line Often times, especially on light tackle equipment, only the top 100-yards or so of line are used.
You essentially are just flipping the line on the spool.
Clean your Cork After a couple of months of using that new rod you just got, the cork tends to get dirty.
It only takes a minute or two and brings your cork back to life.
Kill the Corrosion Saltwater is the devil when it comes to fishing tackle.
Products such as QMaxx offer a protectant, cleaner and corrosion preventative all in one.
Once you get home though, be sure to back off your drag all the way before storing your rod, especially for long periods of time.
This means less drag range on your reel, offering only very loose or very tight drag.
After putting your rod and reel through it’s paces, it deserves a little attention.
Maintaining your tackle is a surefire way to get the most life out of that hard earned money you spent. More importantly, proper upkeep of your rods can be the deciding factor between you landing that fish of a lifetime, or tackle failing and it becoming just another fish story. Here are five tips to you can do to keep your tackle in tip-top shape.
Spool Washers
You ever notice the small plastic bag of washers that comes in the box with that new spinning reel you just bought? A lot of people don’t know what these are for. These small washers sit on the spool shaft, and adjust the way your line lays on the spool. If you notice your line likes to stack on one side of your spool, you probably need to add or remove a washer. Try it out, as is out of the box, and if you notice this happening, adjust accordingly until the line lays even. Check the reel manual for installation steps.
Flip your Line
Often times, especially on light tackle equipment, only the top 100-yards or so of line are used. Once frayed and “worn out”, most folks take off all of…
