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BP,
I have had 2 levelwind failures with the gti series. Both times the levelwind froze due to stress being placed on it from the wire and had to be sent in for service. Also the plastic spools will crack from time to time because the wire actually works like a vise around the spool and backing but I have yet to have that happen to me. I also find that it is easier to fish with a no.49 reel (I think that is what it is called) because there are less places for the wire to get hung up on when offloading the wire into the brine and its narrow profile . It takes about 5 minutes to learn how to let wire out without getting an afro in it. Maybe those two reels were anomolies but I won't go back to them for wire fishing applications. But if people are using them with success keep it going. Just an observation based on two bad situations. Those reels were both fished hard but not to the extent of a charter reels usage. Hope this helps.
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