Numby, I feel for you. I also fish with conv. only and have had thesame thing happen with 50 pound power pro. The reel looked like a fuzzy green grapefruit. I swapped reels and took it out at home. If I don't miss my guess, that doesn't happen to Numby very often.
By the way .. who snapped and posted the shot of you digging this one out?
Paul, I am still waiting for one of your custom picks that you made just for this purpose.