could somebody please tell me the best way to clean a rod ? I have heard you can use furnature polish eg pledge with orange.

Depends how grubby it is?

If it's really caked (some venues have some very sticky clay / mud) I'd use an old tooth brush and luke warm soapy water. After that, once it's dry a spray and polish with silicon furniture polish will restore it to its shiny (!!) best.

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wire wool, get rid of that horrible flashy shine -

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Sounds good to me. not so sure about the shiny part & wire wool seems a bit drastic. Why not just buy a matt finished rod in the first place if non shine is so important. Mostly I use luke warm soapy water & just wipe dry with a lint free choth. Furniture polish (Pledge) certainly shines it up though.
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Have not as yet noticed a fly rod tht needs it.

Coarse fishing gear gets groundbait and bream slime dried and encrusted into it. Baby wipes, or hand cleaning wipes that contained lanolin always done the business.

i clean my rods with baby wipes,they are also good for cleaning cork handles to.

Hang on I'll ask the wife how she cleans mine

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My only worry is that when I die,my wife sells my fishing gear, for what I said I paid for it

Been fly fishing for 30 years, can't remember having ever cleaned a rod Must look into it some time

Norm

Thanks for your replies,i just thought that with all the money some us spend on rods they would be worth a clean now and then

I'm with Norm, can't remember having to clean a fly rod in 40 yrs.

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