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Reel maintenance

Category: Equipment, rigging & preparation

Created on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 17:15

Written by Holger

Many of us are used to wash our rods and reel down after every outing. That’s actually not good reel maintenance practice because it drives sand and salt into the reel and the gears. Here are the experts from Okuma explaining how to properly service your reels. Is this video helpful? Absolutely!

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