TACKLE TRICKS
Spend more time fishing with these simple gear management tips
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Clean lines float and cast better (photo: Leppäkerttu/Pixabay)#1 LINES
If you want to instantly add five, even 10 feet to your cast, wash your fly line. Seriously. With time and use, lines get coated with silt, pollen and other stuff from the water, dust from closets, whatever’s on your hands and, if you practise casting in parks, grass stains. Taking off this gunk will instantly make your line float better, shoot better and reduce wear on your delicate rod guides. In the bad old days, anglers used products such as Armor All to condition their lines, but those can damage today’s modern coatings. Instead, you can effectively wash a line in about 15 minutes with just warm water and mild liquid soap. To avoid tangles, I use the simple and clever two-bucket method (watch how here www.outdoorcanada.ca/cleanflyline).