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Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 6:37:44 PM   
fishON4Me


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Status: offline 		I got a load of minnow scales on y noodle rod and not sure what to use to take them off. I did not want to use anything to smelly as it may affect performance on the streams. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 7:40:12 PM   
indsguiz


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Status: online 		WD-40 or maybe bathroom cleaner?  Or try windex.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 8:05:03 PM   
Mr.Slickfish


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Status: offline 		I clean my rods with windex (sprayed on a rag), and then polish them with pledge. It has really extended the life of my rods.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 8:17:00 PM   
Roy D. Mercer

 

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Status: offline 		Hot water with some dawn mixed in. Use a toothbrush around the guides. Dry, spray rod w/Pledge and wipe down.  Fish. 

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 8:24:14 PM   
mikeg


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That's a badge of honor! lol

A tooth brush and dishwashing soap works just fine! If that doesnt work than use a SOS pad (lightly)!

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 8:53:41 PM   
tippy-toe


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Status: offline 		Fish in a downpour...they'll come off

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/5/2008 10:50:00 PM   
Screamin Steel

 

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Status: offline 		Try isopropyl alcohol. (Rubbing alcohol.) Its a mild degreaser, and evaporates quickly leaving no residue or smell to affect your fishing.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 12:05:42 AM   
davef

 

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Status: offline 		I just use my fingernail to scrape as many off as i can when they get to bad. Like mikeg said they are like a badge of honor. Any one who sees the rod will know you've been perchin or steelheadin.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 12:22:35 AM   
smallhook


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Status: offline 		I've been using Armor-all to clean my rods for years.  It also makes a great flyline cleaner.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 8:43:28 AM   
indsguiz


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Status: online 		Just a dumb question but why would you want to weigh a minnow anyway?  The scales would have to be tiny.  Are they digital or analog/spring.  Man and I thought fly fishermen were picky.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 8:53:35 AM   
Bughawk


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Status: online 		What has worked well for me is a little dish soap and one of those green scrub pads.  The key is not to scrub too hard. 

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 9:24:02 AM   
mikeg


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Status: online 		I just had to go in the garage this morning and take a look at my perch rods.....

Well, I can use them as a distresss signal if I ever got stranded. Those things look like aluminum foil!!

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 10:01:16 AM   
MuskyMastr


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Status: offline 		You guys have to be kidding me.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 10:02:22 AM   
anadromous

 

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Status: online 		I was told that armor-all is hard on a fly-line. I have been tempted to coat the line just for shoot-ability. It is slippery stuff...I put it on the seat of a Yamaha Banshee once............ONCE!!!
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ORIGINAL: smallhook

I've been using Armor-all to clean my rods for years.  It also makes a great flyline cleaner.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 11:33:31 AM   
Deadbolt401


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Status: online 		Yeah dude, they're badges of honor. Leave em!

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 11:53:26 AM   
mikeg


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ORIGINAL: anadromous

I was told that armor-all is hard on a fly-line. I have been tempted to coat the line just for shoot-ability. It is slippery stuff...I put it on the seat of a Yamaha Banshee once............ONCE!!!
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ORIGINAL: smallhook

I've been using Armor-all to clean my rods for years.  It also makes a great flyline cleaner.



I had a kid clean my old F150 with vinyl floors and he put armor-all all over the floors! I almost broke my neck stepping into the truck!  lol

It was a grease pit for 2 weeks!

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 3:19:17 PM   
smallhook


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Status: offline 		I have one flyline (Scientific Angler, 7 weight) that I've got about 200 uses on in the past two years and it still shoots like new.  The armor-all keeps it slick for about a dozen uses. 

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/6/2008 9:24:04 PM   
hivue05

 

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Status: offline 		Leave them on, makes the rod look like a pro.
If not WD-40.

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/7/2008 8:36:06 PM   
Big Fathead

 

Posts: 363
Joined: 4/4/2006
Status: offline 		You don't clean fishin' rods, you use dem'! You clean like coolers and stuff!

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RE: Cleaning minnow scales - 9/7/2008 9:35:48 PM   
powerun

 

Posts: 329
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Status: offline 		As far as getting your flyline out smooth. try car waxing the eye's and the rod. my buddy "red" tought me that trick.

< Message edited by powerun -- 9/7/2008 9:36:12 PM >

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