Penn 349HC joins the 'Tank' family

[LTM]

Justin,

Kinda makes me regret selling my MM. Great work/effort you put into the reel. BTW Justin, I've seen your spring work in other post's and its excellent. What type of wire do you use and where do you get it and how do you bend/coil it to fit your various needs.

Leo

[erikpowell]

Wow Justin !

Cheers...

[Cone]

Very nice Justin! Too bad they don't still make that frame anymore. Or maybe it's a good thing. This site and the awesome reels people keep building cost me too much $.  Bob

[redsetta]

Cheers all.
Bob - you're so right
Spotty - a top bloke and member here, Andrew (raumati), picked it up on a US site and was kind enough to pass it on...
Leo - it's 86lb single strand stainless leader. Some photos here from the 9500SS project:







Any queries etc, let me know.
Also, I missed probably the most important contributor to the project in my earlier post - thanks to Sal for being the inspiration and such a damn fine human being.
Righto, Justin

[Shark Hunter]

Also, I missed probably the most important contributor to the project in my earlier post - thanks to Sal for being the inspiration and such a damn fine human being.

Indeed Justin! he is the inspiration for many of us here!

[Dominick]

Good job Justin.  No wonder you wanted me to get that reel to you.  You had that planned all along.  Dominick

[broadway]

Justin,
   Glad to see you took the ball and ran with it to create your own beastly concoction.  The best part is that you made a one-off "with a little help from your friends" (joe Cocker) that will enjoy reading your fishing reports and remember there contribution that made your catch possible.  Well done!
Now, go nail something with that "Monster Mariner"
Dom

[redsetta]

"Monster Mariner"

I like it!

[raumati01]

I missed this thread, awesome work Justin . You've certainly done it justice, better than I ever would and to be honest the black side plates match the frame and make it look pretty badass.

Definitely a monster mariner rather than a tank and likely to be the only one in the world for quite a while.

[redsetta]

Cheers mate - wouldn't have happened without ya.

[Keta]

NICE!!!!
Put a SS 113H gear sleeve in it now.

[redsetta]

Cheers Lee - and thanks again for the parts.

Put a SS 113H gear sleeve in it now.

Already done
All that's left now is to get it out on the water!

[Keta]

Cheers Lee - and thanks again for the parts.

Any time, keep an eye out for another frame.

[john2244]

Wayne,

The number for the Tiburon 349 frame is located on the frame  under the reel stand.  It is marked 349.

John

[harryk3616]

hi   justin      a real sweet deal, very very nice and impressive,  a real great job, now go catch a big one.  my best   harry