It´s a matter of how you feel about your stuff, there are people that don´t give a dang about how their stuff survives and there are others, like me, that obsesively take care of their tackle, it´s not about the money, I have tackle of all prices and the "cheaper" stuff is as important as the more expensive stuff.
Let me describe a what Raul does in a day:
Raul arrives at the lake, pulls out his stuff, takes the rods out of the rod tube, each rod wrapped in it´s own rod cover, pulls out the reels from their reel case, each reel wrapped in it´s reel cover, unwrapos the rod, unwraps the reel places the reel on the reel seat and tightens it, runs the line through the guides being careful that nor the rod nor the reel scratches against any surface, ties a lure, sets the drag and ..... places the reel cover and the rod wrap.
Raul arrives at a spot, cleans his hands with a moist towel, unwraps the rod and reel, makes some casts and if he gonna change rods before grabbing another setup places the rod wrap and the reel cover, cleans his hands, grabs another set up, removes the rod wrap and the reel cover and so on.
After fishing when Raul arrives home he takes all the stuff he used during the trip, pulls or the rod wraps and reel covers and meticulously cleans rods and reels before storing them again. He even rubs clean cranks and spinnerbait blades cuz he don´t like water stains on them.
The result is that Raul´s junk looks like new, even those 3+ decade old reels.
You think you´re overdoing it ? I don´t think so.
