.....did all my reels the other evening while at work and yes getting the grit out and re-lubing makes a huge difference, tonight it will be all the rods....should take about 4 hours and then later this week I have about 20 lines to do....plus change backing on a few reels....but I will be ready for "ice-off" that will happen in a couple of weeks.

Neat trick for cleaning the corks is use a damp "Mr.CleanMagic Eraser"....Wow what a difference

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