Penn Torque Spinner

[Roger]

The long awaited review on the Penn Torque Spinner by Alan Hawk is on SOL. Good read.......

http://www.stripersonline.com/forum/thread/808920/penn-torque-spinning-the-review

[Bryan Young]

wow, that was a report.

[alantani]

yeah, he does great work, doesn't he!!!!!   

[plastic tiki]

It looks like a good bit of kit, bit rich for me though

[Rare]

Looks like Penn is heading back to the old ways!!!  Wth just a few tweaks this reel can put them back on the market

[alantani]

that's been the case with so many reels.  just a few tweaks.  that's all it takes in most cases.  figure out where the reel will fail and fix that, then move onto the next weakest link.  i guess the business model is to not address a problem unless people squawk!   

[Alto Mare]

That's one heck of a reel! I had no idea that it was such a simple design. I think that this reel could be serviced by anyone, hech, you could probably do it with your eyes closed after a few times. I like everything on the reel except the handle knob, the housing, showing on the 26th picture is what really cought my eyes, I have never seen anything like it on other spinners with the reinforced bracing at the right location . This reel is built like a tank, I see a lot of my favorite reel in it, the ss model (with a gladiator suit). I'm old fashioned, and when I get comfortable with something, it's very hard for me to make a changes, but after taking a closer look at this reel, I might just do it, or at least grab one. I think that Alan Hawk did an excellent job on the tutorial, what is it with these guys named Alan . I had no idea who he was.... now I know!

[alantani]

the man does excellent work and i hope it continues.  i, for one, would be happy to keep on working on "blue collar" reels.  leave the fancy stuff to the other guys.