Deeter..Looks like you owe me a cut from that big paycheck you get for posting these tips. That was the tip I provided that no one had good enough savvy to comment on. Now there will be all kinds of "thank you deeter's" posted.
I'm sure you remember that. You posted to straighten out your line to prevent icing, and use your knee to do it. Next you'll be recommending the quick way to straighten your line by using the bumper hitch on your vehicle. "Just here to help" Your technical advisor...Clinchfu. :)

Koldkut. I always did regard you as a tee-he guy. You have to watch what goes on the petroleum based PVC coated flylines..they can be destroyed. And reel lube would come off right away..PAM stays on like it stays on the pan.
And there is a solution that works very well for those -10 degree mornings. I've played HUUUUGE fish under those conditions often....then I wake up in a cold sweat.

You're solution....was it, 3rd barstool from the end?

clinch- I've never used Armor All as cooking spray. I don't see how your tip is in any way related to this one. ;)

Jauk,
Armoral? NO, I said the stuff you spray on your cooking pans. I said "Spam" when I meant "Pam" I'm not allowed in the kitchen much so can easily make mistakes like that. Armoral, the Original Armor All, or however you spell it, is a great line cleaner, and a line slick. Use it on a leather seat to clean, and you can slip right off the seat. But not a spray product, or any of the different kinds of Armor-All products. The Original has been recommended for years. But it has nothing to do with ice-ing up prevention. But I now anticipate a new coming out with the "New and Improved version" of the Little Red Book"..many more of my tips, and lots of corrections being made in the new version. :)

Yes! Rhythm is right. I want heated guides and handles for winter fishing. Gosh! We put a man on the moon...

I'll be darn! I was just going to post on a new rod design that has heated guides!!! A Tenkara Rod! All 29 guides are heated with batteries in the handle!

And I think a lot of fly anglers forget, or now never read that 70 yrs ago now...7 decades ago, some anglers were paying $1,200 for a well made rod.

Fly and Fin....I use to date Olive Oil.

Walkin on water is what scares me to death. I've had two dogs break through the ice, and me jumping in after them. I stay clear now. Silicone? I dunno. I would think not for long. The ceramic guides are slick. It is the air movement along with the cold that plugs up the smaller guides with the samll openings plenty fast.

I've had one guy ask me in a rod building class why they don't make teflon, non-stick, coated guides......seems to work for your cookware.

And if you have forgotten to pre-treat and find those close to the tip guides frozen up, dip your rod tip in the water. The warmer water will melt the ice and give you a few moments to reel in line at which time you run to the nearest grocery store, buy PAM and pre-treat before the next cast.