Equipment Care

[SilverDoctor]

Well with winter showing itself its not a bad time to check you fly gear. Certainly some of us fish through the year but traditionally winter is a nice time to check out your equipment and dream about the new season. Some of the things you might want to start with.

• Clean you cork fly rod grips with dish soap and water
  
• Wipe down clean and wax your fly rods
  
• Clean your fly lines
  
• Wash those vests and other equipment
  
• Scrub your boots down and add preservative where applicable
  
• Sort through flies
  
• Sharpen hooks
  
• Clean sunglasses
  
• Check expiry date on bear spray
  
• Replace old leaders and terminal tackle (check for kinks and nicks)
  
• Replenish Scotch supply (or other necessary beverage)
  

 

I wrote an equipment care article a while back that you could have a peek at if you like.

http://lornce.wordpress.com/how-to/