Ice fishing with the flyrod

"while-one" wrote

.. I strip
out 30' of line and roll cast all day long......keeps the guides free.




I have an old 10 ft 5 wt Scott rod that would be great for this I bet ....
but, I'll have to admit that my fishing experience has never included true
icy guides .. I'm too much of a wimp ....

Larry L wrote:
"while-one" wrote

.. I strip

out 30' of line and roll cast all day long......keeps the guides free.





I have an old 10 ft 5 wt Scott rod that would be great for this I bet ....
but, I'll have to admit that my fishing experience has never included true
icy guides .. I'm too much of a wimp ....



The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.

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rw wrote:
Larry L wrote:

"while-one" wrote

.. I strip

out 30' of line and roll cast all day long......keeps the guides free.





I have an old 10 ft 5 wt Scott rod that would be great for this I bet
.... but, I'll have to admit that my fishing experience has never
included true icy guides .. I'm too much of a wimp ....


The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.


Or, IOW, the unfrozen ice. :-)

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"rw" wrote



The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.



Do reels ( or the layers of line wrapped on them ) ice up and make removing
line, say a running fish, a jerky, line destroying, experience?

Larry L

( Who is two feet from a heater duct and fighting back a shiver at the
thought of such frigid Winter fishing :-)

Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.




Do reels ( or the layers of line wrapped on them ) ice up and make removing
line, say a running fish, a jerky, line destroying, experience?

I've never had a problem with the reel, but it's possible. The major
annoyance is that casting is very difficult with iced-up guides.


Larry L

( Who is two feet from a heater duct and fighting back a shiver at the
thought of such frigid Winter fishing :-)

Not a steelhead fisherman, eh? :-)

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Larry L wrote:
"while-one" wrote

.. I strip

out 30' of line and roll cast all day long......keeps the guides free.





I have an old 10 ft 5 wt Scott rod that would be great for this I bet
.... but, I'll have to admit that my fishing experience has never
included true icy guides .. I'm too much of a wimp ....

The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Seems to me I put 'em in as much as I cast 'em out...

I guess pam helps a little at first....

john

rw wrote:


The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.


until you pull the rod back out of the water. i tried that trick on the
watauga about 10 years ago when all of western nc waters were iced over.
it was so bad, wally and i had to travel to the tailrace waters in
tennessee to find fishable water. anyway, i dunked the rod only to have
it freeze up even worse on removal. it was an interesting experience,
but i think i'll stick to warm weather fishing.

jeff

jeff miller wrote:
rw wrote:



The best way to de-ice the rod guides is to put them in the water.


until you pull the rod back out of the water. i tried that trick on the
watauga about 10 years ago when all of western nc waters were iced over.
it was so bad, wally and i had to travel to the tailrace waters in
tennessee to find fishable water. anyway, i dunked the rod only to have
it freeze up even worse on removal. it was an interesting experience,
but i think i'll stick to warm weather fishing.

jeff


I said it was the best way. I didn't say it was a good way. :-)

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