Has anyone ever had line dig into the top eyelet on a rod? This is a very reputable rod/ reel combo that was paired with a heavy weight textured sinking line. Plenty of recently caught albies, bonito, chub macks and a seal who took me 3/4 into my backing before I got back a flat hook.
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That looks like a manufacturing defect. There’s no reason for a notch to be there.
Sweet catches!
And what you’re experiencing is a normal, albeit unfortunate, symptom of sinking lines. Sinking lines are coated in tungsten powder. The weight of this metal powder is what sinks the line. Unfortunately, tungsten-coated lines also have very high friction properties. As the tungsten-coated line passes over the chrome-plated guides, it will wear grooves into the guides. Your line is essentially coated in heavy metal sandpaper.
This also happens to anglers who fish floating lines in silty water. The silt deposits on the line will wear against the rod’s guides.