05-17-2007, 10:39 PM
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[size 1]This is gonna sound like a really silly question but this cleaning that is done to prevent the spread of invasive creatures as this mudsnail.. does that include cleaning the rod and reel .. reason I am asking is that I dont tube or toon yet.. so I am shore fishing.. I do get my shoes dirty or sandy but that is about the extent of major contact with the water except for the fishing line.. sooooooo do I need to get into a specific cleaning routine and if so what should I be doing???? [/size]
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[#000080][size 1]Juvenile of New Zealand Mudsnails, Quagua Mussels and Zebra mussels are know to float in the water. The adults of them and Whirling disease spores are known to heavily populate river and lake bottoms. Didymo is a minute diatom known to float in the water as individual diatoms. Blankets of them are known to coat the river and lake bottoms as well as float in the water. So I guess it is possible for them to attach to a fly line. From a risk assessment point of view the likely hood of the fly line becoming contaminated is significantly lower. Would you clean your fly line after each use?[/size]
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[size 1]Now if you set your rod and reel down in the water the risk goes up quite a bit.[/size]
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[size 1]This is gonna sound like a really silly question but this cleaning that is done to prevent the spread of invasive creatures as this mudsnail.. does that include cleaning the rod and reel .. reason I am asking is that I dont tube or toon yet.. so I am shore fishing.. I do get my shoes dirty or sandy but that is about the extent of major contact with the water except for the fishing line.. sooooooo do I need to get into a specific cleaning routine and if so what should I be doing???? [/size]
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[#000080][size 1]Juvenile of New Zealand Mudsnails, Quagua Mussels and Zebra mussels are know to float in the water. The adults of them and Whirling disease spores are known to heavily populate river and lake bottoms. Didymo is a minute diatom known to float in the water as individual diatoms. Blankets of them are known to coat the river and lake bottoms as well as float in the water. So I guess it is possible for them to attach to a fly line. From a risk assessment point of view the likely hood of the fly line becoming contaminated is significantly lower. Would you clean your fly line after each use?[/size]
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[size 1]Now if you set your rod and reel down in the water the risk goes up quite a bit.[/size]
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