Penn Reels - just as you find them

[54bullseye]

Thanks for all the kind replies !!  John Taylor

[steelfish]

just as I found it? 

well literally in pieces 


more info about the reel and its repair job here

https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,39856.0.html

[Benni3]

I would fish it,,,,

[Jighead]

im hot rodding the jigmaster 501 on the right. its my first time ever tinkering with a reel so i picked up the squidder 140 on the left for $5 to use as a guinea pig.

[Jighead]

just picked this up for $10

[Brewcrafter]

Jighead - You will find that with the "standard" Penn's like your Jiggy and Squidder, that as with many older Penn's the architecture is very similar, while maybe some of the actual parts are different.  Good reels to start with. - john

[Gfish]

You're stealing those Penn's for that price. The 4300 is a 3rd generation Spinfisher. What I like is the dog-ear style silent anti-reverse.

[slosh]

Went to the local flea market yesterday morning, not much going on until we got to the very last table. Bought an old leather revolver holster for $3, an old made-in-Japan novelty spy glass for $1,and I saw a pair of Penn #9s on old glass rods. Asking price? $5 each.
Both are fully functional and just need a clean and lube. One rod is a Betts, the other has no labels left. I might keep the combos intact and see if they can't handle bottom fishing from the pier or boat.

[Crow]

Good find!

[pjstevko]

Clean looking old school combos. Way to go rescuing them

[Benni3]

Haven't gotten a reel in a long time,,,,but liked the orange handle on this 26,,,,

[Swami805]

That's a beauty of a handle!!

[oc1]

One rod is a Betts, the other has no labels left.

Betts Mfg. is sort of historic.  They started as an old-school Pennsylvania foundry and machine shop, mostly making stuff for the oil industry.  They were making various springs and then applied that to making spring steel fishing rods.  They must have liked the fishing business because from there they started making reels and then fiberglass rods. At one point they were in cahoots with St. Croix.  They made solid glass rods like yours.  I don't think they ever rolled rods.   They're still around today making diverse products and still owned and operated by the Betts family.