For cleaning flylines, I am sold on Zipcast. I just got the guilts over neglecting my flylines over the winter and decided to clean all of them. I used soapy water and some took 8 soakings to get most of the dirt off , but one still had some dirt on it before I gave up.

Then I took the Zipcast, which I bought back in January at the Northcoast Flyfishers Conclave from Ron?, and starting cleaning and treating the lines according to directions (yep, I read the directions). Most of the lines went through a pad two times and looked good. On the one dirty line that got scrubbed 8 times, the Zipcast treated pad came away dirty. So I did it again, still dirty, again, finally clean. The Zipcast really removed soil from lines I thought were as clean as I could get the by washing. Next up is to see how much better my lines cast, and I have a feeling that they will be easier to clean because of the Zipcast treatment.

Big thumbs up for Zipcast!

Glenn