From the early days of big game offshore fishing to modern surfcasting, Penn reels have always been designed to be the toughest winches on the market
From a cultural standpoint, with the exception of strange stares from people in the airplane, I dont receive much more attention than what I would assume the guys get
Pulls fish into trolling spread
All internal componentry has been made larger for easy handling, tighter tolerances, and is made to take higher heat and torque that comes with fishing for tarpon, giant trevally, and arapaima
Its perfect for palming, and its easy to operate one-handed by flipping the reel handle with the fingers on my rod hand
Unfortunately, after a day of fishing, the wire and blade broke off while by a good head shake by a small 1.5 lb bass