Winter Fishing Tips – Keep Your Rod Free of Ice
Winter Fishing Tips – Keep Your Rod Guides From Getting Clogged Up With Ice
I was fly fishing the San Juan River a couple of weeks ago and I was having a lot of trouble with my rod guides getting ice in them. I talked to some folks on the river and got some advice from them as to what one should do in this instance. I am eager to hear about how effective some of these techniques actually are.
Some of the things that I heard included that when you are out on water in freezing weather and your rod guides start freezing up there are a couple things that you can do to keep this from happening:
1. Get one of the commercial sprays that keep ice from forming on your windshield and apply that thoroughly over the rod guides.
2. Rub candlewax all over your rod guides.
3. Spray down your rod guides with Pam cooking spray.
Best of luck to you in your winter fishing. If you try any of these techniques make sure you share whether it worked for you or not on the fishing forums. I am eager to hear about which technique is most effective for the next time that I am out fishing a cold winter river.
