The thing with a retriever is you don't want to reel the fish in with them no matter what size fish it is. It will burn a groove in your rollers and wear out so the line can be reeled up anymore. Pull the fish and reel slack, pull and reel, pull and reel.......... or pull the fish in and wind up the line after your done taking the fish off. Thats the only down side of a retriever but they are a solid reel and wont fail ya if you take care of them. WCL