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The roller bearing, aside from the rod tip, is where the most pressure is applied directly on the line

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This in turn becomes very abrasive and eats away at the reel parts: The main gear was corroded/fused to the main post, rendering any sort of drag or gear movement impossible

Think of it like tying the first part of a shoelace knot

Conventional rods excel in this regard, especially lever drag setups, where you can tailor the amount of drag to be ideal for pulling a bait or lure in the wake and then have a predetermined strike setting when its time to fight the fish