Fuhrer48

No offense taken at all. I did not realize that holding it that way could cause serious damage, now that I know I will be sure not to do it. I have not caught many large sharks so Im fairly new to handling them. Thank you for the info. Josh I am a huge fan of the salinas as well.I have a bunch of them and Iclean my gear after every use pretty thoroughly. I will keep an eye out for the salt build up. I dont know what sizes you have but I have noticed also that on themodels 55 and below that the roller bearing will lighter line with small diameter sometimes. I was able to fix the problem by putting an additional washerbehind the bearing. It seems to have done the trick. Anyway thanks for the feedback!