frozen rod rings

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    • 21/12/2010 at 8:45 am #43652

      TF_jon

        Does any one know of a solution to prevent this,never had it before and it drove me around the bend!
        thanks

      • 21/12/2010 at 8:58 am #126108

        TF_wagglerwilf

          I solve the problem by not going. But I believe people use glycerine to stop them icing up.

        • 21/12/2010 at 9:10 am #126109

          TF_jon

            any idea which one….. just ebayed glycerine and came up with…..hand cream, vegetable oil but nothing that mentions fishing or is it any?

          • 21/12/2010 at 9:21 am #126110

            MadScientist

              Feel for you – I always found that when this happened it was God’s way of telling me to pack up and go home!

              Heard about glycerine too for this, but never tried it – it is also called glycerol and is the colourless liquid version – Boots do it as well if you can get to them.

              http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GLYCEROL-GLYCERINE-KOSHER-FOOD-GRADE-500ml-/130297221682?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item1e5651d232#ht_3554wt_1002

            • 21/12/2010 at 9:46 am #126112

              TF_jon

                thanks for that, got a boots just up the road so not a problem, must admit it was a tad cold,a foot of snow but the river just oozed fish,caught well in between the thawing of the rings.
                thanks again

              • 21/12/2010 at 10:33 am #126122

                TF_Paddy

                  Nearly every chemist stocks Glycerine, it’s used for caughs. It’s about a quid a bottle and sticky as honey!
                  Once rubbed round your ring(s)! keep the tip out the water and you will have to re-apply it owing to the fact that the water on the line washes it out of the rings on the retrieve.
                  Take a tooth brush with you to apply it, as you dont really want it on your hands due to it’s consistancy.

                • 21/12/2010 at 10:40 am #126123

                  TF_One Out of the Frame

                    Glycerine is the thing to use as above but also the choice of rod: A lot of modern rods have very small diameter guides and these seem to be more problematic with freezing, literally five or six turns of the reel and you have an iceberg on the tip and the line stuck solid!

                    Although I haven’t fished in subzero conditions for a good time, my rods with wire rings were the ones to use in these conditions.

                  • 21/12/2010 at 12:30 pm #126133

                    TF_jon

                      appreciate the replys… on the rod front, both rods have small eyes/rings, daiwa sweep fire trotting down the inside and map power wag across the far bank, both were frozen after almost every cast, not just the top eye but the top 3, some times 4, so will get a new toothbrush at the same time~clap
                      thanks again

                    • 21/12/2010 at 4:44 pm #126144

                      TF_bremes
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                        Morrisons def sell glycerine,just bought 3 bottles an hr ago,79p a bottle,its amongst the home cooking.

                      • 22/12/2010 at 4:53 pm #126289

                        TF_jon

                          bremes cheers mate, sorted ~clap

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