Penn Reels - just as you find them

[Ron Jones]

That handle in that size is new to me, of course, I have zero shelf queens and don't know much of Penn history except what I get pounded into my head from Ted (something about Ford?)

Lovely reels there my friend.

Ronald Jones

[Penn Chronology]

OK John, that's enough... I know what you did. You found a manufacturer that was willing to build new reels for you that look like old reels. These cannot be real reels, really!!!

[broadway]

Insane, John! The box condition is really nutso!
They must have been sitting next to Stalin since the early 50's in that glass tomb.
Glad they found a good home.
Thanks for showing,
Dom

[nelz]

Here is one "Just as I found it " I got it with a first gen 12/0 with box and a 16/0 Ocean City 616 with the box and a pull handle on it !! Enjoy !  John Taylor

Can you describe how you felt when your eyes first beheld these beauties, realizing you had a shot at buying them? 

[54bullseye]

Believe me I had to pay up for them LOL !!!! The 16/0 Ocean City 616 is really nice to. I will take some pics to post soon. Thanks for the praise !!!   John Taylor

[Crow]

        My "Main Man" fishing buddy just arrived on the island , on Tuesday. He knows I have a "thing" for Penn reels, and picked up a couple at a yard sale, in his neighborhood (Port Huron, Mi.), and gifted them to me ! That's pretty neat, in itself, but, they are 113HLW's...two of them, both on Senator 6, and aa half foot, roller rods ! A matched set, and neither looks like they were ever fished ! All the paperwork, manuals, and tags are with them, too! I tried posting some pix, but they don't seem to "stick', so I'll try again with the pix, later. I do need to change the line on at least one of the combo's, as the mono (looks to be about 40#), is pretty stiff, although it doesn't seem to be "flaking into powder". Probably use braided line, maybe 50#, and as much as it will take to fill that wide spool....I better start saving my money !

[nelz]

Wow, what a friend! Sure would like to see the photos.

* You know, you can open a free email account (MS, Yahoo, etc) and they come with plenty of cloud storage space where you can store photos. You can then link the images to your posts here. That works!

[Maxed Out]

 Arlyn, your "main man" fishing buddy is worth his weight in gold !!

[Crow]

You are correct ! He's been a good friend, and fishing buddy for ten years! We met on the beach, here on the island, struck up an amazing friendship, that seems to "overlook" our differences, and "magnify" our similarities! It just proves that you meet the best kind of people while fishing !

[El Pescador]

       My "Main Man" fishing buddy just arrived on the island , on Tuesday. He knows I have a "thing" for Penn reels, and picked up a couple at a yard sale, in his neighborhood (Port Huron, Mi.), and gifted them to me ! That's pretty neat, in itself, but, they are 113HLW's...two of them, both on Senator 6, and aa half foot, roller rods ! A matched set, and neither looks like they were ever fished ! All the paperwork, manuals, and tags are with them, too! I tried posting some pix, but they don't seem to "stick', so I'll try again with the pix, later. I do need to change the line on at least one of the combo's, as the mono (looks to be about 40#), is pretty stiff, although it doesn't seem to be "flaking into powder". Probably use braided line, maybe 50#, and as much as it will take to fill that wide spool....I better start saving my money !

Here are a few photos from Crow, I'll let him tell us more....









AND for the visually impaired, like me, here is a close-up of the rod line weights.



Wayne

[Shark Hunter]

Very Nice!

[Crow]

Thanks , again, for posting those, Wayne !!

[nelz]

Holy cow, that's a heck of a gift! Now you're gonna have to get out on the ocean to put 'em to the test. 

[El Pescador]

Thanks , again, for posting those, Wayne !!

Crow!  My pleasure to assist.  Easy to do, and DONE.

Wayne

[Crow]

     I freed up the roller guide,(have the tip to do, yet), and pulled the mono from one of the combo's, pulled it down far enough to give the gearing and drag washers  a once over, and grease job, and have some braid "coming". When that gets "done", I'm ready to do some "rig fishing". It's been so windy(and rough!0 that us "fair weather sailors" haven't been out to the rigs yet! I will say that the surf fishing, this year, has been disappointing....nobody is getting much action, and those "real sailors', that have been out to the rigs and reefs, haven't been exactly tearing them up, either . I would like to get out, into the "deep water" reefs, but it's doubtful that will happen, this year.....It's a shame to waste those wide spools on 50'60 feet of water