The Reel Trick Old Fishermen Kept Quiet About for 65 Years (Costs Pennies)

📘 THE BOOK: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camping & Fishing Manual" (120 camp and fishing tricks) 📗 ALSO: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camp Cooking Manual" (60 tricks for cooking with no kitchen) Get one, or both in a bundle: https://waltscampingsecrets.com I've taken reels apart on my kitchen table for most of my life, and in this video I show you the ten-minute routine that the reel makers themselves say to do every month. In this video: Why a drag left cranked down all winter ruins the washers The five-step monthly routine: tighten, rinse soft, dry, loosen, one drop of oil Where the oil goes, and the two places to keep it off Why the garden hose, WD-40 and too much grease shorten a reel's life How to wake up an old family reel without wrecking it Reels from the fifties are still fishing today. Yours can too, with a bottle of oil and a towel. A word on cleaners: use a non-flammable solvent or rubbing alcohol, never gasoline or harsh solvents on plastic reel parts, and follow the manual for your own reel. What's the oldest reel you still fish? Tell me below, I read every comment. Also find me at Walt's Camping Secrets: https://www.youtube.com/@Waltcampingsecrets Subscribe for the fishing tricks they stopped teaching: https://www.youtube.com/@WaltsFishingSecrets