Often when fishing in saltwater you will have to rise off the moisture from the fishing equipment as it can corrode and over time cause serious damage to the reel and its components. As saltwater corrodes, you can avoid that by fishing in freshwater which is free from harmful contaminants. Another thing you can do to avoid rusting is drying the reel so that you can use the reel for fishing adventures in the future. There are many different rods and reel cleaning sprays that you can use to fend off the rusting process.