I remember hearing that you can tell the age of some penn reels be the color of the hanle knob. Is this true? If so where can I get this information about the color's and the year they were produced?
this is from bob lanham......
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Haven't seen it posted lately so here are the color codes for Penn reels with the original handle: amber = 30-40's, red = 50's, green = 60's, white = 70's, black = 80's and rubber 90's>. I've got two Penn #209's one amber and the other rubber and they are exactly the same despite being 60+ years apart. Fun to catch salmon with a reel older than me IMO. Bob
but i had another guy tell me that this was bogus. there is also a beautiful rose colored handle grip that is not listed. who knows? alan