Don't get new reels......get a shot. I had the same thing ...tendinitis from throwing batting practice, finally couln't do anything. Went to the Doc and he gave me a cortazone shot just under the skin at my elbo where tendon runs up over the bone. WOW!! what a Godsend! Smooth as silk ever since..even after Buoy 10 where we caught sooooo many beautiful silvers. Try it out. It didn't ouch any more than a flu shot. Don't give those fish any advantage!