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Th bail removal came about through necessity. As the saying goes:
"necessity is the mother of invention.
The Penn 704's have the uncanny ability to break a bail spring right in the middle of a blitz. That's one reason but the main reason is that the bail will snap shut on a hard cast as the spring weakens. I once snapped off 4 Gibbs Bottle plugs at Watch Hill in the middle of a Nov bass blitz. This was back when Gibbs Plugs were the ticket and Stan was still making 'em. We started taking the bail off and one of the guys who was a machinist made us some manual rollers. Then Penn got wind of this and started selling a retro-fit for $5.00. I don't know if they still do.
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