my father had the same problem with his okuma reel, set the hook on a steelhead this last winter, fought the fish for awhile and then "plunk" went the reel cap and he was left with a folding handle and ended up loosing the fish due to that! Needless to say on the way home we stopped and got his money back! this was pretty disappointing, he'd only used the reel for two trips! he went back and bought a shimano.