whats going on here

[spears]

El snappo saltiga

hmm not uploading

maybe try..youtube..broken saltiga

[tunaticer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7xAm4l6pVI

That sorta makes your undies feel greasy when it happens to you.

Geez I hate that.

Jack.

[spears]

Thanks for putting it up for viewing..that shouldn't have happened breaking off like that..
i can't get the sound to work so i have no idea whats being said on that footage

[daledog]

Dont immediatelly jump to the conclusion that its dodgy product. As you dont see if the reel had been dropped, stepped on or even left in a dodgy rocket launcher banging through rough sea for 4 days!! Its all a possibility! I have seen a brand new baitrunner break off at the leg on its first trip because it had been in a bullbar rod holder which had screwed the leg to the point that it broke as we were taking it out of the holder - and that was a brand new reel. So i reackon a reel, top end or not, could quite easily be structurally damaged if put in similar situations...

[daledog]

and i know a baitrunner isnt in the same league as a saltiga but you see what im saying...

[finding_time]

I think Luk i mean Spear is trying to say is he prefers stellas!

Ian

[Dan5]

I had exactly the same thing happen with a shimano thunnus 6500 on a gt but it also happened to rip the stripping guide and the next one along completly of a G.Loomis pelagic series rod NOT happy.
Dan.....

[spears]

I think Luk i mean Spear is trying to say is he prefers stellas!

Ian

i think i might stay with the fin-nors and penns..

[Wahoo]

i think i read somewhere that the early models had a fault with the reel seat, and that was what happened


Daz

[sleepygreg]

Dont forget that some anglers put WAY over the recommended line classes on their outfits, both rods and reels...then complain when they break.....just a consideration.

Greg

[spears]

Dont forget that some anglers put WAY over the recommended line classes on their outfits, both rods and reels...then complain when they break.....just a consideration.

Greg

Yeah they do..some of these reels have drag to 37 lb and they wack on 100 bl braid.can you see all that flexing going on in a spinning reel..ouchies

[Rodman]

Mate

The problem with all spin reels is that fisherman place them in metal rod holders and the stem get damaged thus weakens them causing them to snap.

Ken