I've got a browning reel made on a lews patten or how ever it goes when browning bought them out several years back almost 20 yrs ago and have not had any problems out of it all, but clean my reels regularly. On my 25 wedding anniversary I caught a 28" red that weighted in at 8 1/4 #'s that I have mounted plus 3 flounder, an 5 good trout all in the mouth of yates bayou. That was 16 years ago.