02-19-2007, 04:35 PM
Most of my Penn equipment is older. When I say older, I mean 15 to 20 years old. two of my prized posestions is my old red faced penn squider and the old school Penn 309(red faced with a steel spool) The 309 still looks brand new, and it's smoother than any of my other reels. It litterly reels itself. I intend on passing that reel down to my oldest down when he gets a little more responsible. That reel means alot to me, it was my first reel. I used it to float fish off of piers when I was little. I took it appart every week and cleaned and lubed it, as well as shine the face and polish the chrome with mothers. I bet i've caught a thousand Spanish mackerel with that reel, on top of kings, cobia, and anything else you can think of that can be hung off a pier on the carolina coast. It's never been in a boat, but i'm thinking about bringing it back out.
I bought a Penn 114HLW in 2004, and it's worked flawless so far, battling large wahoo, sharks, and things of that nature. But that doesn't mean it won't fall appart sooner or later. You can see that reel in a couple of my pictures. I'd love to try an Avet reel, but I can't afford to blow a few hundred bucks at will. LOL, the wife would cut my "you know what." It's a shame Avet won't send me one to try out, hell, i'd advertise for them for free if I found the product to be as good as all the hub bub that goes around.
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I bought a Penn 114HLW in 2004, and it's worked flawless so far, battling large wahoo, sharks, and things of that nature. But that doesn't mean it won't fall appart sooner or later. You can see that reel in a couple of my pictures. I'd love to try an Avet reel, but I can't afford to blow a few hundred bucks at will. LOL, the wife would cut my "you know what." It's a shame Avet won't send me one to try out, hell, i'd advertise for them for free if I found the product to be as good as all the hub bub that goes around.
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