I was fishing and left my rod in the car for   a few hours and the rubber handle knob on my stradic is very sticky. Almost as if the rubber began to start melting from the heat. Anyone else experience this?

Thanks after bringing it inside and letting it cool it seemed to have gotten a bit better

The old shimano septon knob is notorious to get sticky. It would get sticky with some type oil/greases, it would get sticky when old and not being use for a long time.