I use the Stanley’s Ice Off.
It is ok to 20 degrees or so.
Below that and the guides ice up every 6-10 casts.
A quick dip in the water, however, and everything is good for another few casts.
You guys are making me cold! It is like 80 degrees here today.
I’ve used the Ice-Off paste and it worked ok, but I didn’t think it was that great. I use to use silicone and that worked pretty good, but I was worried about the finish on the rods. A friend of mine says he uses Pam Cooking spray on his rods and that it worked very well.
And Pam Cooking spray helps get burrs out of dog’s fur too…
Now why did I post that…well it’s a dreary day here in the NW and nothing better to do…
another advantage to Pam spray: when you’re cooking breakfast in camp in the morning, you can use the tip of your rod to stir the scrambled eggs and they won’t stick. 
Now, how did I know there would be responses like that. lol. Be careful when stirring the eggs though, graphite tastes terrible.
Now we’re cookin :roll:
I would tend to agree with J. Castwell. That nothing really works once it is below about 30 degrees. I usually end up dipping the rod in the water and then hand breaking the ice of the guides occasionally. Course I don’t use $600+ fly rods. I worry more about hooking a big fish and having the guides ice up. Makes for fun times. Dunking rod, playing fish, breaking ice off guides all at the same time
Well if you pay that for a rod it ought to have a built in defroster :roll:
That’s those cuboids that we put into glasses of tea to make iced tea. I have no idea why silly people would want to attach them to the guides of their fly rods. Maybe that’s how the pirates catch “ice skates”?
For whatever reason, its still a good tip. thanks. 