Just wanted to show off my Penn Peerless no. 9. It was my grandfathers and I did a full rebuild with all new grease, oil, drag washers, and a few small metal pieces. I put it on a 6'2" Penn Rampage Jigging rod, medium heavy, moderately fast action. I am running 65lb spider wire blue camo braid.
I used this rod, this past winter, as one of my trolling rods and was able to land a few striped bass between 22 and 28".
Love the History !
Pass it on and Good Job on the Restore!
Great to "keep it in the family " !
Very nice work, Landon —
I keep a few of the 9's around for trolling the local lakes for Rainbow & Brown Trout, plus Kokanee.
Works well with lead core, a 10' leader of 6 pound mono, a Speedy-Shiner, mounted on a 7 1/2' Okuma SST rod.
The 9's go back a long ways with Penn — and are a very dependable and capable reel.
Glad you are cherishing both your family's history and Penn's history.
Best, Fred
Good job on the restore of the old war horse....now it good to go to YOUR grandkids.....Bill