Well our local Gander Mountain store is closing and has everything marked down. Went yesterday and picked up some stuff and noticed the St. Croix Rods. Hmmm, normally I never look at that stuff because it’s just to much for me but I knew if I didn’t buy one then I never would so I pulled the trigger and bought the Premier rod. I also bought a Pfleuger President XT and thought wow this should be my best outfit yet. Came home put reel on rod then line on reel. Tied on a jig and ready to take today. Soon as I got on the water and cast one time my heart sank. Tick, tick, tick, each crank of the reel. Something isn’t right and I don’t know what. I don’t remember this putting line on. So the reel is bad or something. Several cast the little plastic nut holding the reel on rod starts coming loose. I tighten it up again but it just keeps working loose. At this point I’m completely ready to throw what should be my very nicest outfit in the lake. Heart broken to say the least. So what should I do? Anyone ever sent a reel to Pflueger for repair before? Both the rod and reel were the last of their kind. The deal I got makes it hard to just return and both should be under warranty.
Has anyone had the problem with the nut loosening on rod before?