fly rod care

I am a fishing guide, and I own a good 20-25 fly rod setups....they get quite a bit of wear....

After each trip I normally wipe them down with a wet cloth, and during the trips I normally will use heavy duty tape around the connections....especially on 4 piece rods and spey rods...and then use an oinment on them from time to time...

I never put them back into the tube right away, and will leave them in a dry warm place for a couple of days before storage...

Cheers,
Mike

Originally Posted by news-server.bigpond.net.au[_2_]

Hi Rodger, I'm Steve I would ask this question on the Freak Fly Forum at the
address below.
"Rodger Buffington" wrote in message
...
I would appreciate some advice on fly rod care. I have a selection of
rods, i.e. Loomis,
Sage, Orvis, T&T, etc., and it's time to clean and store. I recently had
an Orvis rod repaired and
they graciously sent along a tube of ferrule lube....which, unhappily, I
cannot find.

Having 'googled' the subject I get a variety of answers. Obviously,
cleaning the rod is a given, but,
I am getting mixed 'google' advice on what to put on ferrules, whether or
not to wax the rod, and
whether or not to store in the bags/tubes. One guy says parafin is good
for the ferrules, another says
absolutely not! Another says to store in tubes....another not! I would
like my rods to outlive me so
any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Buff