spinning reel review

[alantani]

i would have to agree with his conclusion!   

tell 'um like is....no shame.

[Tile]

That's why I switched to multiplier (conventional) reels. More of them are coming for me in the following years.

[Alto Mare]

To each his own,  whatever floats your boat. I own and fish many reels, the spinners are one of my favorite to use, none of that crap of today though.

[Tile]

The biggest problem with today's spinning reels is the main gear. It is made out of aluminium alloyes or in some cases antimonium. These alloyes can't stand up to the punishing regim that saltwater and freshwater fishing imposes. The old spinners didn't had this problem because the main gear is made out of bronze, steel or stainless steel and is no wonder why they took use and abuse and still run today.

[Alto Mare]

You are right about the gears Tile, but that's not the only problem with the later model spinners. The stainless steel parts are not of the same quality as they used to be, and the bearings are also of poor quality. It's all about the bearings on a spinning reel, older reels had a simple design with only a couple of bearings and bushings, BUT of good quality, today you could buy a reel with over 20 bearings in it  that are not even good to use in a pepper mill. Graphite is another issue, I don't like it on spinners and also on conventionals.Spinners are my favorite to use, I'm originally from Europe and that's the only reels they still use there in my region. The spinning reel is the reel that started it all for me and I still enjoy using them today. I own a lot of Penn reels, spinners ss and conventionals, I don't think that anyone would find a better reel for the money. The SS model spinners where in production from the 80's to 96, they are work horses, the only issue with these reels is that sometimes the anti reverse dog would fail on a big fish. I think I was able to solve that issue, Alan asked me to check stripers on line, so I checked it out the other day and the first thing that I noticed was that one of the members was able to add another anti-reverse dog on a 650ss spinner, but wasn't sure if he could do it on the larger reels, It can be done, I already installed it in one of my 750 ss, the 9500 ss is next, all you do is  remove the clicker. Thanks Alan for guiding me to that site, that was a great tip. I'm now back to my favorite site though .

[George4741]

Sal,
you should do a tutorial on how you added the second anti-reverse dog to your 750SS.  The article I found gave only vague instructions.

BTW, what is the purpose of the clicker and lever on the SS reels?  I always thought it operated a second anti-reverse dog.  Or is it just for making that annoying click-click-click noise?

George

[Irish Jigger]

Hey George, have a look at this link.

http://www.stripersonline.com/forum/thread/786947/double-dogging-penn-650-ss

[Irish Jigger]

Here's a better tutorial from our friends in Hawaii. Standard parts only required.

http://fishinkona.com/jigging.htm

[Alto Mare]

I'm not crazy about that second one Irish Jigger, the first tutorial from stripersonline makes sense to me though. George, if you need me to show you how it's done, I will try to post a couple of pictures. It is pretty simple, I got it from looking at this tutorial. The custom spring needs to be the right dimention, that's about it. No need for loc-tite or anything like that, just the spring and an additional A R dog.

[George4741]

Thanks Irish Jigger, those pictures and description explain it much better. 

Like most fishermen, I use spinners for freshwater fishing, but most of them hold no sentimental value.  Most of them were made in Asia and will be thrown away when they wear out.  However, I DO cherish my old Mitchells and USA made Penn 7500SS.

[Alto Mare]

Hey George,
Here are a couple of pictures. Hope this helps!








The parts on the right are the ones you will be replacing. You can use stainless steel wire, but I used brass because I had it.






Make sure the spring under the new AR dog is positioned the same way as in the picture.








And here is the finished reel, ready for some serious fishing!

Take care,
Sal

[wallacewt]

good one alto mare,thats what we wanted to see

[George4741]

Yes, those photos greatly help.
Thanks!

George

[Roger]

There are lots of good spinning reels on the market these days but like most anything else you get what you pay for, Shimano and Daiwa both make some pretty good mid priced reels and Penn I believe is trying to make an effort in getting into the market but only tome will tell there.

[Alto Mare]

Hey Roger how are you, I hear what you're saying. How do you feel about the older Penn SS models, like the one that I'm showing here.