It couldn't even crank any more when I sent it in this year. Started off with just a "hitch" in the spool at top and bottom of oscillation, then became simply a vessel to store extra line not too long after. Despite my best efforts, I could not get her to even move. In 2005 I broke the foot and also wasted the insides. Had corrosion on the internal bearrings and it was louder than a dry 706. All was replaced and I went back at it this year. I fished less this season than the one before, and it still crapped out around mid September. The "hitch" developed when I set the hook on what turned out to be a rock. I was amazed that a reel that is designed to handle tuna while deep jigging broke when I set the hook on an immovable object. How many times have we all done that while using anything from a $20 Benny's reel to a VS and the reel would keep on working? It's back to Van Staal for me.
Send me a Zee Baas.....
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