What are your Spring rituals for getting fishing tackle ready for the upcoming season?

[theangler]

[size 2][size 2]What are your Spring rituals for getting fishing tackle ready for the upcoming season? O.K. Guys, weather is warming, does anyone have any special ways for dusting off the cobwebs from their fishing gear?[/size][/size]
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[tubeN2]

As some of you probably know, in So Cal, we don't leave much chance for cobwebs on the gear.

However I do keep tackle kits around for different lakes and rivers that I fish. Furthermore I do keep other kits handy based on the Saltwater species that I will target by location of where I am going to fish.

Some of those kits are not used all year round and some are. My basic preparation includes and inventory and restocking of each kit based on what terminal tackle may have found it's way into rocks, docks, piers, and branches as well as river bottoms.

Any hook that has the slightest sign of rust on it gets tossed out. All of my lures will get a resharpening of the hooks on them or a replacement hook.

Most of my freshwater reels will get respooled, my saltwater reels are constantly respooled anyways. I will generally check and do maintenance to the spectra on my spools as well as lube all my reels on an as needed basis.[cool]
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[Snags_Alot]

TubeN2 pretty much summed it up:

Check Inventory Of Tackle/Re-stock
Check Fishing Line/Re-spool
Lube Reels
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[tomc]

your only suppose to do this is the spring,i guess i do it wronge,i do it all year round

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[crab]

Respool all my reels and buy as much tackle as i can all the new cranks and colors![cool]
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[Fishhound]

My spring rituals last all winter long. That's when I redo everything that was undone during the spring/summer/fall (this year, now that I have increased my ice fishing, I've made a slight adjustment). During the winter is the time I traditionally tied flies, respooled, did inventory, and maintained/fixed reels and other equipment.

The things that are emphasized in spring are looking at new products that I have not tried before, replacing old ones with stuff that was unavailable during the off season, planning for fishing outings at new places and working out the kinks and stretching and toning the casting muscles caused by a winter of skiing and other non-fishing activities.
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[bkidder]

i just pulled my boat out of the garage today! i need to spend a lot of time going through my gear boxes to make sure i have everything i need. i re-spooled two reels today and will do a couple of more no doubt. im trying to decide whether or not to invest a little more and go with flourocarbon for my mackinaw poles. i like the idea of less stretch so that i can put a better hook set into them. (just not sure its worth the extra $$) spring has begun for me!
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[Bassmaster-ND]

I get all my reels and clean them. Check the line and see if they need a change. Sort lures etcccccccccc
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