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[Silver]

I was thinking,

Has anyone thought of how to prevent rod guides from freezing up? I have never fishing in freezing cold, but I assume that this is a significant problem judging by some photos Ive seen.
Would you buy a specialized custom rod for winter fishing that had guides that would defrost automatically. Say, If you could opt for specialized guides that could be installed onto your blank with some added work during construction on the rod? They would still be just as good as whats already available, and would be replaceable if broken.

Gimmick?

[VA7DDP]

WD40 is used by ice fishers to prevent ice up.

[typhoon]

The performance of a rod is directly related to keeping the weight down, especially closer to the tip.
Anything that would defrost the guides would add weight and of course the guides nearest the tip ice up the most.
I find that Minima guides (without a polished ring of SiC, Alconite, or Zirconium) ice up the most, so you can certainly improve any rod by replacing these guides.
Chapstick, ice paste, Pam are all used to prevent ice up. I just chip it off.

[dobrolub]

Mono doesn't ice up on me. Last year I used braid and that used to ice up pretty quickly.

[leapin' tyee]

Mono doesn't ice up on me.

Mono line still ice up,  but this is part of winter steelhead fishing .

[Fish Assassin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO-YHGkjaA

[typhoon]

Mono doesn't ice up on me. Last year I used braid and that used to ice up pretty quickly.

I have heard of that. Braids that don't float soak up water like a sponge and can make things worse.

[Silex-user]

I sometimes used Vaseline, it does help or I just break the ice off the guides.



Silex-user

[Flytech]

Chap stick.

[clarkii]

I either break it, or use mother natures de-icer.

The river.

Unfortunately it ices quicker after.