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11-27-2003, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: RHODE ISLAND
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NEW Penn Commander reels
Has anyone else heard about these?
One comes with a levelwind, the other without.....reminds me of the sleek, low-profile design of a sweetwater bass reel, but with a capacity of 350yds/30# line!
Plus the model without a levelwind is only 22.5oz.
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Tight Lines!
-Vic
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11-27-2003, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: RHODE ISLAND
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and with the levelwind
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Tight Lines!
-Vic
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11-27-2003, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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That is one butt ugly reel!  |
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11-27-2003, 06:12 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Reels with those cross bars right at the top of the reel are a PITA to cast---your thumb can't get a good grip on the spool.
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11-27-2003, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Eastern MA
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Looks like it was designed mainly for boat use...
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shorty
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11-27-2003, 07:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Eastern MA
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And yes, that this is ugly  |
shorty
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11-27-2003, 08:25 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Nothing I'd ever put on a surf rod...
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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11-27-2003, 10:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: RHODE ISLAND
Posts: 213
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how about these new penn surfmaster reels, ever try these out?
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Tight Lines!
-Vic
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11-28-2003, 11:43 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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From the looks of it, the "Great American Reel Company" is putting a lot more third-world junk in it's product line 
And no, I haven't used a rear drag reel in the surf and prolly never will. Unless it's an original Cardinal. |
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11-28-2003, 07:12 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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No offense to you IA but the 50 series reel looks like a classic P.O.S.
I use the new slammers and though I am not Joe Big Bass I have landed a couple of fish in my day and the slammers, maintained are awesome. Really nice drag. Still works like the day I got it.
But you gotta:
ease the drag after.
wash it with fresh
shoot some lube in the crank (deep like  ) and take the cover off every week or so and dust her out.
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11-28-2003, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: RHODE ISLAND
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why no offense? I never said I liked them, in fact I don't....i was jsut posting them to see what people thinked.....I like classic Penns like senators, Z series, big/small internationals, GTi, etc.....not some of this junk
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Tight Lines!
-Vic
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11-28-2003, 08:07 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
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Well I didn't know how endeared to them you were......
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11-29-2003, 10:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Mass.
Posts: 107
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Would not want to be caught with one of those reels on my rod or even in my boat ! ...Too "futuristic" looking..like it was taken off the 'Starship Enterprise" Capt. Kirk's reel ? It just does not look "normal ". My 2cts.
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11-30-2003, 08:43 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Sorry. Good info but one butt ugy reel. I am a Calcutta 400, Abu 7000, Penn Squidder to the end.
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11-30-2003, 03:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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They drop the Z series an come up with crap that the market is already flooded with.Problem is that It will sell with the Penn name behind it.Entry level Inexpensive tackle is where the new owners made all there money.Its what sells these days.U don't see any Van Stall's in wallmarts.
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