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I fish a lot in warmwater lakes and I tend to get lazy about cleaning my lines sometimes. If I don't do it as soon as I get home it tends not to get done. If I notice they are not shooting or...

I use mild dish washing or hand liquid soap. A few drops in some warm water and pull the line though a wet rag a few times. Try to avoid detergent based soaps, which acording to Scientific Anglers...

If the problem is the line a good quality 5wt will shoot better but that is because you have upgraded to a better quality line. A good quality 4wt will shoot better too.

Some other possibilities:

Gooey dirt or scum on the rod guides.

Dirty line. I see this a lot with customers who claim their line doesn't shoot. It's usually the reason my lines don't shoot as...