Ok folks, I'm a rookie pirate. I've only gotten down to the saltwater twice, once with 6 wt, and a very old pfluger reel that I have. The salt didn't kill the reel. The second time I took the 9wt rod and Martin reel that my father in law gave me, and it was a total disaster. I guess I just figured that it would be ok, so I dipped it in the saltwater to get the sand out, and figured i'd be ok.

Bad idea. I ought to walk the plank for that one.

So I bought a new reel, thinking that I could fish with it if I just cleaned it out when I was done fishing. Now I'm wondering if that's really the case. It's a "British Fly Reels" model with the "RimFly" thing. It wasn't a very expensive reel. It's a click and paul (is that what it's called?) and I want to go hit the water, but i'm afraid to do so.

Any ideas?