cleaning fly line

[joshfish]

how do you guys clean your fly line? will soap and water work or do i need one of the cleaners you buy at the fly shop?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

You can wash it with warm water and hand dish washing soap.

Then you can put a dressing on it like the TMC Line Dressing from Umpqua.

[Scott V]

I really like a product I got at Kiene's called Zipcast, you just put a little on a clean cloth and drag your line through it a couple times. It cleans the lines and makes my casts go a little further.

[Fats]

I use the UFM "Glide" with the applicator box. This last trip I moved it from my kit bag to my pack because I was getting really tired of having my floating line sink below my indicator and put a bunch of uncorrectable drag into my drift. It may be time for a new line, but that is my issue not yours...

[1flyfisher]

clean them with dawn dish detergent if they are real dirty and then hit them with 303. If they aren't that dirty just use 303. They will last forever. I have lines 20+ years old. 303 is that good.

[Bryan Morgan]

I wipe my lines down at the end of the day with Armorall. For years it has cleaned and protected the line to point that I get quite a few seasons out of them.