Was happy with it until the drag bound up yesterday after fighting a large spinner shark for an hour. I’ve used the older models forever without a hitch. Anybody else have similar complaints?
I own several 3500v’s ,2 5500v’s and the only thing I’ve had occur is a scuffing sound under the bail once per rotation. Turned out the screw holding the spring under the bail had backed out enough to scuff the housing. Other than that they have been bullet proof under plenty of use. Sucks yours is messing up!
Have you looked into it further? How do the drag washers look? What order where they in? Pics?
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What did you end up doing to the reel? Pics?
Fishing Nerd
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Yeah take it apart and lets see the drag stack.
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Squalus must be on cf.com hiatus…
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