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Originally Posted by bd-
Don't leave your reels in water! It's not good for them. 
I'm sure your problem is that the water dissolves the lubricants in the reel and leaves dirt and gunk in its place, causing the gears in the reel to bind up. Next time, before you take your reel back to Wal-Mart, try removing the spool and reel handle and put a generous amount of reel oil into any interior reel part you can reach. I'm willing to bet this will get it back into good working order.
If you want to get more involved with reel maintenance, I vaguely recall that there is a sheet of paper that comes with the new Cardinal reels that shows where to put oil and reel grease.
bd |
The problem with some reels when they get wet is that water gets trapped inside and water will not compress. Thus you can get a binding problem. It does not happen on all reels and usually only happens if you are fishing a light bait or trying to slow roll a spinner. You are turning the handle really slow and all of a sudden it just stops. Working my way up through the Shimano line the Sahara was really bad about this. A little rain and it would start binding. After it dried out it was OK. But in a lot of forums it had earned the nickname "Shibindo".
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