Instructions for my Flystart reel recommend using grease for lubrication. Any suggestions as to what is good to use and where to purchase?
I have been using Quantum Hot Sauce. I Have had good results. No issues so far.
Brad
I bought a tin of Mobil 1 synthetic grease a few years ago. It cost about $5. I have used it for bicycle grease, fishing reels, household chores, whatever needs grease… I have hardly put a dent in it. A lifetime supply for sure.
The great thing about this grease is that it won’t harden up or separate over time like many greases will and it is very waterproof.
Ted
Loon makes a reel lube, not sure I would chance anything but a product made specifically for reels.
What Kaboom said.
I use Slipstream weapons lubricant, after using Skelly cotton picker spindle grease for decades.
Thank you for your insight. Unlike flies, t is too easy to take reels, line and rod for granted and simply fish. . . .
Amen.
Chuck
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
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.
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.
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.
I have hat my tube of Hot Sauce for at least 5 years, maybe longer.
I use the grease that comes with the Sportsman lube kit by Abel. Works great. Included in the kit:
Lite Reel and Gun Oil for all temperature applications.
Neat?s-foot oil for all gaskets and seals, cork drags, leather and other fibers.
High and low temperature all-purpose grease or heavy duty lubrication: ball bearings, plain bearings, shafts and springs.
Cloth for wiping excess oil.
Nylon abrasive pad for removing rust.