Just the first day, my Stella 10000FA was broken after I cought few big fish. You can see the bail arm was broken. However I will claim for warranty with the Shimano Corp. It shows the good reel also has the possibily for malfunction.
I like my "Pink Lady". I lost 2-3 big fish on the second day as the split ring break and the PE8 is not enough anymore. I set the minimum drag at 12 kg and the fish was keep running without stop so I add the drag to abot 18 kg. The fish still keep runnig!!! Finally the line break. I lost it again.
This will be the last picture. Catch and Release. I think Thailand have a lot of GT but nowaday is a Popping Fever Time. Many angler catch GT and bring all of them home. If you want long lasting GT Popping, please help save GT. We can see the example from the Japanese, they all release the fish. Help save the game we like. Eat some is OK!!!