How To Clean And Lubricate A Fly Line
Cleaning and Restoring Silk LinesBamboo Part 87-Week 112 Fly Angler's OnLineCleaning and Restoring Silk Lines By Reed F. CurryCleaning:Here is my baking soda method:Prepare a bucket (1+gallon) of warm (not hot) water with 1/3box of baking soda dissolved in it.Put your line in loose loops in the bucket for 20 minutes.Pull the line through a wet cloth held tightly and pass itinto a bucket of cold clear water.The dirt and varnish will peel right off the line.Repeat if necessary.Applying new FinishThis is the easy way. It works quite well, really.1. Clean line thoroughly (as above) and allow to dry.2. Get two paper grocery bags and place them open on the floor beforeyou.3. Place line, loose, in Bag A.4. As you sit comfortably in a chair pretending to ignore your teenagersfighting in the next room, draw the line through a clean rag soakedin Tung oil/varnish mixture (I use Formby's straight from the bottle),letting it fall loosely into Bag B.5.
How To Clean And Lubricate A Fly Line Dance
Wait 2 - 4 hours, or until Tung oil is dry.6. Rub line briskly through your hands (polishing it) as you draw itfrom Bag B back to Bag A.7. Your children are still fighting, but the reason has changed. Repeatsteps 4 - 6 above until a smooth, glossy coat has formed on the line.8. Send for brochures from the better military academies.
Cleaning a fly line is very easy, only takes a few minutes, and will definitely add life to your line. To get the process started you will need: 1. Bucket/container with warm water. Mild dish soap. Paper towels or clean rag- a clean rag is preferable. Fly line dressing and cleaning pad. In this example we used Umpqua Glide. By Dick Michaelson. There are other methods to clean fly-line. Wash your line with warm soapy water and apply a fly-line dressing you buy at the fly shop. Here are some methods they won t tell you about in the fly shops. Wash the line with warm soapy water. Wipe the line with a cloth or sponge dampened with ArmorAll.
Homemade Fly Line Treatment
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