Finally got to use the real today, and a fantastic afternoon of White Perch fishing. My Dad and I caught over 75 of them and stopped counting. The first spot went cold after a few hours and 25 fish, we left w 6 good sized ones. Ran down the lake a few miles and came upon fish chasing shad on the surface. I could see they were white perch as we passed some jumping out of the water @ cruising speed. We stopped and caught them for over an hour on about every cast and until sundown. The Sedona FD started out OK, casting 8 lb test w a smallish, medium depth Bomber crankbait. It was average in casting distance, drag was fine, no problems w the bail at all, but right away I noticed gear noise and a knock/tick as the spool moved up and down as I retrieved the crankbait. I could feel it also, like something was banging in the gears. It got louder and I felt it more the longer I fished it. I had no problems w reeling in fish, plenty of power, but the noise/vibration in the mechanism was not there w/o a load on the line and concerning. I will report back after seeing what Shimano says about this...........................