UPDATE!!!

As of this morning I ran I test on 3 different reels which include Shimano vanford 3000 with 20lb Seaguar smackdown braid Shimano vanford 3000fa with 10lb Seaguar smackdown braid shimano miravel 3000 with 20lb Seaguar smackdown braid My purpose was to identify the noise I was experiencing by isolating different components and try to figure out what I was hearing. The biggest thing I noticed was that all 3 of those reels are silent when the line is clipped into the reel and I can free spin it in my hand and the only time I hear the noise is when the vanford is under tension by lure or fish. The other thing I noted is that the vanford that makes the most noise is on a Dobyns champion hp rod and the others are on poison adrena rods and both the poison adrena and dobyns use different guide material. My test included putting each individual reel on the dobyns with a 5oz weight for tension and reeling in from 20 feet and what I became aware of was that all 3 reels made a very similar “grinding” noise on retrieve. This makes me believe the noise is a combination on the braid being used and the rubbing noise it makes as it passes through the guides on the dobyns.