First, it's important to understand how the drag inside of a reel works
But when not pressed for time, as on their way down [the Ottawa], some of them would go and set their nets in the rivers in which they often caught good fish, such as pike, sturgeon, and carp (not like ours however, neither so good nor so big) and several other kinds of fish which we have not got here [in France] (Greening 1961)
However, smiling kids making memories with their dad is truly why I do this job
Now, you could delay the damage by taking very good care of your freshwater reel after using it in saltwater, but it simply wont hold up nearly as long as a well-maintained saltwater reel
For $80-$120 it's hard to find a complete series that offers everything the Fierce IV does in that price range