The Baitcasters were still casting well, but they were clunking when they were reeled. NOT a good thing. 
The spinning reel is a trigger caster, which meant you could pull a "trigger" to trap the line and open the bail, then reel a full turn to auto-close the bail and begin reeling the lure back. A pure pleasure to fish with.First up was to clean the two bait casters as they were going to need the most attention. I sat down at the armorer's bench and donned my Optivisor and got busy. Boy, upon closer look, both were filthy, no wonder they were clunking when they were reeled for a retrieve.
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If you look at the gunk built up in the drive gear, it's amazing that the dang thing didn't lock up.
After some work with the cotton swabs and some rubbing alcohol, I got all the gunk out and the reels were finally clean. I put some oil in the right places and reassembled them both and they hummed like a sewing machine.
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Next I took the bail off the spinning rod and cleaned under the hinge points, added oil and reassembled. Worked like a champ.
We are back in bidness. Maybe back in bidness late this afternoon.
