Ocean City Fly Reel Maintenance

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Riverside
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Ocean City Fly Reel Maintenance

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I picked up two 76 Ocean City reels today. Wondering where I can learn to clean them up? I’m new to fly reel maintenance. I’ve mainly worked on spinning reels. Any helpful advice appreciated. Thank you.
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Re: Ocean City Fly Reel Maintenance

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Start with this Forum Cleaning and Restoration
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Re: Ocean City Fly Reel Maintenance

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It was called the Plymouth reel. FYI there is a schematic/parts list for this reel shown in the ORCA library on page 34 of this 1950 document: https://www.orcaonline.org/orca-store/o ... chematics/. It doesn't stay how to lube the reel but there are several different parts that need to be taken into consideration before you smother everything in grease.
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