whats with the broken handles

[spears]

Am I missing something here..
The storey's about broken handles on spinning reels while fighting a fish..

I have always thought the only time a handle and the internal gearing of the reel is working hard is when you might be fishing deep with a heavy weight on the end of the line and you want to retrieve/wind it up eg replace bait..

Now when hooked up to a fish winding it in is the pump rod technique.
While lifting rod up and then lowering it you quickly wind handle that shouldn’t put as much stress on the handle as pulling up a large sinker be it deep sea, jetty or surf fishing.

Are these people using the reel like a boat winch trying to pull up there catch..

I have never broken a handle over 40 years of fishing in all sorts of situations..

Tell me about it..

[tunaticer]

always made me wonder too....extended reel handles etc.

Jack.

[Horse]

I think the problems come when we put 30lb braid over 4000 size reels and try a bit too hard

[CreelReaper]

Hey guys you should see the way 2 of my uncles fish.......they are of the old school where finnesse was not even a word. I have seen them both put 100lb line on great shimano spinning reels and when a hook is fished they just wind as fast as they can. Have you ever seen a 30cm bream surfing?????
There are a lot of people out there that don't understand the art of using spinning reels. Gears and drags just are not needed (or so they think). I've even seen a guy strip the gears on a Penn 6/0 overhead whilst dragging in a 33cm snapper in 40m deep water off Moreton Is.

Shane

[NAGG]

Winding against a heavy drag will do it ( combined with bad technique)

Nagg

[reidy]

good day all
Skull drag and then drag more from the bank account
Reidy

[reggy]

NOTHING IS UNBREAKABLE! except maybe a Penn Torque