cleaning your reel

Heres a fairly new link but by far the best i've seen for maintanence on any centerpin. The series shows everything from cleaning the reel to cleaning bearings out and everything in between..

http://www.floatfishingconnection.com/video_misc.htm

As for your line twists, Side casting definitely will cause line twists after a little while of casting...Also, what line line are you using, to me some lines have more memory than others.. As for icing if its 10 deg out pretty much anything is gonna ice up real real quick. Some reels take to the cold temps better than others.. My Ross ices up real quick if its below 30 deg, while my loomis keeps on rolling. The more porting on the reel backplate the more likely it is to ice up. Spraying Reel Magic on your line in the morning helps keep the memory down on the line and keeps it from freezing together on the spool. As for the line that will form 10 to 15ft up from your float you can put lip balm or stanleys ice paste coated liberally on the line and float and it will help for awhile, i've found nothing that lasts very long. I coat my guides with carmex lip balm the evening before i fish, its alot easier to put on and seems to stay on alot longer than if i do it while i'm streamside. Hope this helps a little...

Preperation H...no kidding, works great. 
 
Chapstick
Vasoline
PAM cooking spray
 
all work about the same...
 
Bought me some stanley's Ice off this year...its a gimmick...works no better than any of the above mentioned products and cost way more per volume.
 
I use W-D 40 to clean my reels....spray down lightly and wipe away all debris.

Hey the only reason my line was twisted was because it was a pull cast gone way wrong because of the gloves.

Anyway back on topic I would never use wd40 on my reels to clean them if you watch the video on FFC that will guide you in the right direction.

we didnt do too good i had 3 hook ups not on for very long, and the guys i went with had a few on and landed a coho. we went to i think it was the schoolhouse hole. the guy i went there with knows the guys that owns altmar outfiters across the road from the river near the 2 access points and we were able to go get warm over there and a good place to park. he showed me the other spot you told me about that was getting fish. I only seen 2 fish get caught and a few other hook ups. they were using illegal leader...length. they had a 9 or 10 ft leader on, they said when it is so cold and snowy that a super long leader will produce. the snow was over waist deep in the woods and went over the hood of a blazer where the snow wasnt plowed in the drive way. pulaski had some serious snow. i didnt get to the oswego, but i did get to burt dam 2 times. i caught 3 steelhead  and my brother did ok to with 2 steelhead and a brown. I wanted tostop at elk creek at the mckean exit but remembered my pa license expired on the 1st and it was pretty crappy up there it must have snowed the night before or in the morning about 1 foot  or foot and a half in erie.

ORIGINAL: mxdad66

How much ice is there now?Blame it on the gloves,I would.Mine was plain stupidity!

Enought to fish on but I wont be out at all this weekend now. My wife is shopping tomorrow and my youngest is sick so I cant drag him around on the ice and sunday is my oldest bday party.

yeah...so when we gettin together again and going fishing.....?

If I remember correctly, you have another one.

As far a lubing a centerpin, I've tried various things including WD-40, graphite greases and oils.  What works best for me is to simply use WD-40 as a cleaning agent, spray some on a dry cloth and use it to wipe the inside of the reel clean. Don't leave any excess WD-40.   I only use the graphite grease on the switch mechanism that turns the ratchet/clicker on and off, simply because it is thick like vaseline and will not run.   There is a type of oil that comes with most Shimano reels. I don't know what it's called. Might be called gear oil.  I own about 10 Shimanos so I have about 10 tubes of it.  It's a clear oil in a clear tube with a light blue cap on it.   I will place just a few drops on the centerpin itself and smear it evenly with a Q-tip.   Then I'll put a few more drops on the same Q-tip and pop it in and out of the bearing(s) on the spool.  If you've ever taken your CP reel and given it a good hard spin and timed the spin-duration until it comes to a dead stop you'll probably find that it spins anywhere from about 40 seconds to 5 minutes depending on the reel. Spin duration is not always a function of the number of dollars you spend on the reel.  It also has to do with the amount of end-play that's built into the reel and often the expensive reels with the detachable spools will have more end play thus limiting the spin duration.   I have taken my JW Youngs Purist reel and increased my spin-duration from about 45 secs to 2 1/2 minutes just by lubing it as I described.   I'm not saying that you have a bad CP reel if it only spins 40-50 seconds.  What I am saying is that if I give my reel a spin and it times out at only 45 seconds then it needs a lubing.   Never, never ever use any kind of graphite grease or powdered graphite on your bearings.   It may improve the action of your guns or pistols but isn't meant for CP's.   Try this method and experiment.   You will probably find that when applying oils to the pin and the bearings that too much oil can be almost as bad as none at all.

WD-40 is a good lubricant/cleaner/protectant for your reel.  WD-40 is actually the last step of anodizing in some anodizing processes.

I just hit bearing overload,good info though.