Spincast reel tips

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How often do you need to clean your reels in this manner? I can't say I've ever done this type of cleaning.

Not often and depending on water quality. The lake I fished recently has a ton of suspended algae and I have to slap the slimy stuff off my lures ever so often. Another lake I fish as well as my pond, doesn't have the problem. 
This is what I'm talking about: YUK!!!


When I got to the launch, I met someone who I saw sailing a remote-control-rudder, 3.5' long sailboat. He was wiping algae off that clung to the hull. (Never saw one of those before - how cool was that!)

Best thing would be to unscrew the cap and look inside. Clean shiny metal should be all you see in the cap and on the line p/u bell. I would also pull out more than a casting distance of line and with a paper towel or napkin soaked with silicone lube, swab the line from the reel to the line's end. 

 I must be able to cast light lures long distances and close up to targeted areas with no line guide friction.