Reel Grease

[Rever]

Thank you for your insight. Unlike flies, t is too easy to take reels, line and rod for granted and simply fish. . . .

[Chuck441]

Thank you for your insight. Unlike flies, t is too easy to take reels, line and rod for granted and simply fish. . . .

Amen.

Chuck

[Bugsy]

Only the spindle requires lubrication. If you have some hot sauce on-hand, or don't mind paying $10 for .75oz, you're good to go. If not, then there are plenty of less costly alternatives that will work just as well. The synthetic lube I use is about half the cost of hot sauce for a 3oz tube.

[Kaboom1]

Only the spindle requires lubrication. If you have some hot sauce on-hand, or don't mind paying $10 for .75oz, you're good to go. If not, then there are plenty of less costly alternatives that will work just as well. The synthetic lube I use is about half the cost of hot sauce for a 3oz tube.

The .75 ounce tube is exactly why I bought it...it packs nicely in my travel tool kit. I think that 10 bucks to protect several hundred dollars of reels is a good investment, especially when you are in the middle of now where and not a big box store in sight. YMMV

Brad

[Bugsy]

The .75 ounce tube is exactly why I bought it...it packs nicely in my travel tool kit. I think that 10 bucks to protect several hundred dollars of reels is a good investment, especially when you are in the middle of now where and not a big box store in sight. YMMV

Brad

You state a good reason for going with the smaller quantity, particularly if you're one of those ultralight hiker types that treks into the most remote locations to fish (as you sound to be).

For others with similar need, another option is SuperLube synthetic grease, which is available in a 0.5oz (12g) tube for $3 and will provide equal protection.

[whatfly]

Thanks for the tip, Bugsy. Needed to look into this as well, and considering that you can get a 14 oz. of Superlube for the price of Hot Sauce, and it also comes in a 1/2oz tubes, I think I know which one I'm going to try.

[Jayatwork]

I have been using a silicone grease intended for spinning reels (Garcia I think). It takes so little that I have been using the same small tube for several years.