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Originally Posted by skrilla
TLD15... decent workhorse of a reel. I hotrodded mine with TLD30II belleville washers, Carbontex drags, and added a bearing sleeve since mine had a loss of freespool issue. I'm going to replace the factory handle with a bigger aftermarket one since the stock knobs are puny. TLD25... another workhorse of a reel. Great for trolling. The graphite frame is the weakest link and some have broken off at the reel base from high drag pressures. There are Tiburon frames that will make these bulletproof.
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Watch putting too much torque on that TLD15 unless you upgrade the frame. I know people have broken their "graphite" frames baiting Marlin with them.
Your right on the TLD25. A friend borrowed mine and cracked the frame, but he was using eighty spectra on it for larger T sharks. Fortunately Shimono replaces them for free.
These reels are just not made for heavy braid, they are not like Avets or later aluminumed framed reels. I now run eighty spectra on the TLD25 with fifty topshots, and 65 spectra on the TLD15 with 40 top shots. On the larger two speeds I run eighty with 60 topshots, but only for big tuna and mine have Tib frames.
Run them with the right line and the reels are pretty indestructible I have several TLDs that I have owed for almost 20 years now with no issues whatsoever.