Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Last night I was digging through an old box of gear that I haven't used in years and stumbled across a Penn 940 Levelwind and a Ambassadeur 5000B. Both nice looking clean reels. I will probably hold on to the 940 for some light shark fishing around the area (unless for some crazy reason it is worth thousands, but I doubt it is!) because I bought that reel when I was basically a kid.  I might try to sell the 5000B locally or something. I will never use it an I'd hate to see it sit on its butt doing nothing in a box.

Both of those reels are great baitcasting reels with the Ambassadeur being highly rated. I have a couple of the Penn 940's I don't use anymore but they are fun light reels to use. I have caught large Redfish with the 940 for fun with light tackle.

I use a 920 for Fluke fishing (AKA Flounder for those down South). I have also caught many a Bluefish on it. The reels are solid and the drags are smooth for such a small reel. The only difference between the 920 and the 930 / 940 is a narrow spool and a single grip handle. I lost one (920) overboard due to a bad case of carpal tunnel. I picked up a nice used one on Ebay as a spare since my one time spare 920 is now my go-to reel. I use 20# Power pro on the 920 with no problem. You can still get parts for the 940 on the web and at many older tackle shops around.