I have a couple sticky spots from willow sap on my flyline, mostly dried up by now obviously.

Any tips on washing the line or cleaning it? I know this has probably been covered, just thought maybe some dishsoap and warm water might do it.

Thanks for any advice,

John

Papasequoia,

Maybe my dad and yours were friends, because he taught me the exact same procedure, even the slight twist. This was the back in the days when we had metal ferrules of course. Cork grease for instruments works too.

John Harper

Maybe squirt some WD40 around the ferrules and let it penetrate??

John

Just pour a little scotch on it, and ingest a bit for the insides as well. Hope to see you this year at the HM opener, I'm looking forward to it again.

John

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I read that the P38 is called the "John Wayne" because he made a training film demonstration of using it properly.

John

What brand fixed blade do you recommend?

John

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