Saw these things at FCO while gorking (drooling) over the new penn spinfisher series V reels as well as the daiwa surf reels. Advertised as having the HT100 drag system has anyone else seen or heard of this model reel seems that I can not find any info through google and nothing on the penn site need to replace reel on my warehouse bought 12 foot abu surf rod so the better half can use it as well as a good back up for my new rod even though I have my mind set on the crosscast 6000 but also humming and harring on the penn alliance 850.
The Penn Aliance surf reels a 5+1 bearing reel and are value for money but no where near the quality of the Penn SpinfisherV reels. SpinfisherV Reels are state of the art, available in a dozen sizes with 4 of those having a live liner system. They have a totally sealed water tight design, Slammer drag with up to 20kgs of pulling power with HT-100 washers, they boast a braid ready spool and they have a thick strong air bail. Worth saving for.
Gary Kemsley Sales Manager Pure Fishing Penn Agents NZ The snapper don't know where the car park is! Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.
Thanks for that gary that just prompted me to forget about the alliance reel then wifey wants me to hurry up with a new reel so she can fish with my old surfcaster might even ask her if she can wait a little longer so i can get the new spinfisher she knows i want one then she can use the shimano aerlex i bought a couple of weeks back. out of curiosity is the spool on the spinfisher V suitable for casting out a long distance (probably a dumb question on my part)or would it be restrictive to distances for casting off the beach?
Took a look at those new spinfishers today and saw the whole range those 10500SSV's are bohemouths but was mainly looking at the 6500 and 7500 both in the live liner and the plain ones totally like them and the 6500 or a 7500 would be ideal for my rod balance wise as my fin nor surf rod only weighs about 1KG have found a 6500 and a 7500 new on TM for under $200 each before shipping (wish i spotted them before dropping $150 on the shimano Aerlex), both of those models are ideal as I do not need any more than 300 meters of mono anyway more than that would be overkill for beach and rock fishing unless i wanted a 25kg dedicated live baiting rig for really big kingis which the big huas in the series V line up would be ideal for. Also had a nosey at those alliance reels out of curiosity was not impressed with them at all.
Wound up getting a penn 850SSm was offered a FPO on TM for a brand new one on clearance for $89.00 so grabbed it to tie me over till I can get the new model.
on 23/8/2013, 8:53 pm