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Originally Posted by millsboy79
I was out of the river today and was having issue casting when I noticed my first few guides were iced almost solid, needless today it makes it hard to cast.
I was just curious if anyone had any tricks to slow the icing? I was thinking maybe Rem-DriLube Spray?
I am just worried about chemicals damaging the line prematurely.
Maybe its just something fly fishermen deal with, this is my first year fishing when the water is apparently below freezing.
What do you use? Or do you just break it off every few casts?
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Active avoid collecting wet line. Your guides will only freeze if the line is wet. If you are nymphing---user shorter casts, and more weight to ensure your fly gets into the strike zone. If you are swinging streamers, some stripping is inevitable. I find the temperature has to be above 4C (at the airport) to avoid significant icing of the guides at the river.
The river water, itself, is not below freezing. It is the local air temperature and the ability to evaporate or dry the guides/line. In the middle of winter, when a chinook rolls through, the warm weather is always accompanied by a 30-60km bone dry wind. The wind sucks, but it helps keep the guides and line dry. But because the water is above freezing, dipping your rod in the water will melt the iced guides. They just have to dry off more quickly than they would freeze.
Otherwise, just break the ice off every few casts. But be careful, over-zealous clearing of the guides can result in a broken tip section. I have done it before...twice.