Tica Reel Seats - Beware

[rwilhelm]

Watch out for the reel seats on Ticas. I don't know if anyone else have ever had a problem but this is my story. I just picked up a 706Z and put it on my Tica rod. After about my fifth cast my reel goes flying into the water. I cannot believe it and I am thinking there goes 100 plus bucks. So it is about 5:00 AM and I take my headlamp and look for about 1/2 hour and finally give up and figure I should wait for sunrise and see if I can find it. Well as soon as the sun comes I find it right away thank god. So from now on I am going to tape the reel on. I never had a problem when I had my Slammer on this rod but the 706Z has a longer and wider stem on it so there was not much room to tighten up because the reel seats on Ticas are pretty short. Also the top of the seat does not allow the stem to be covered much. Anyone else ever have a problem with a big reel on a Tica?