Went fishing Tuesday morning and got to put my new rod to work. 5 minutes after being at the first spot I get bit and set the hook and the reel flys off the Tennessee Handle and into the water it goes. I was able to get the reel and pull it back in with the line and tighten it down again only to have the exact same thing happen on the next hookset. After that I was a bit frustrated and picked up my jenko and didnt look back. I made one phone call to a guy who fishes the rod and ask him about it and he laughed and said he has two of the dipping rods with that specific handle and he has to use electrical tape to keep the reels on. I then sent a guide who uses them a facebook message and he also stated he has to use tape to keep his on. He said they were going to go away from that handle and go to a fixed handle on the new dipping rods. I really had a hard time putting tape on a 100 dollar rod to keep the reel on but I did it anyways. I went ahead and went to the website and sent an email asking about the issue and the response with very prompt from the owner. He did state tape is about the only way to keep it on the rod and that alot of people use the grip tape over the electric tape and have good success. All in all I think I will be pleased with the rod, but I certainly will be buying any more with the Tennessee handle. This is not a bash what so ever. I plan on buying several more Huckabee rods in the future. This is just a FYI to anyone considering the Tennessee Handle models.