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people shoot fish with spears ???

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Some do for casting control. Some have brake blocks which are small cylindrical tubes the slide on one or more rods attached to the end of the spool. Centrifical force pushes the to the outside ring applying very slight pressure. These help with baitcasters to prevent overruns, birds nests, wind knots. Whatever you want to call them. these reels are generally more forgiving for casting plugs any distance. Makes the learning curve a lot easier, and you can tune the reel to any way you like by adding or removing blocks, magnets, or whatever.
We'll make a fisherman out of you yet hammer. ;)

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I have all mine adjusted pretty good, I have not had a bird nest in a long time years!!
But IMO Penn doesn't make a good casting reel unless you do some Mod's.

If I were a surf guy or did a lot of casting from the boat, Penn would not be a consideration, I would have to look into something else.

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shimano is my brand ;D

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Shimano makes some very good reels indeed. I like many of them too. ;)

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I have Penn, shimano, Okuma, Abu Garcia, and maybe the odd Mitchel laying around. They each have +'s and -'s. They all serve their purpose, and thats how I explain to my wife that I need them. She understands now. I suppose she's OK with my fishing addiciton in both reels and tackle,...and boats. After all, I only have one woman and thats whats most important to her.

Airslot

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I've got an old 140 (chrome spool) too, was my Grandad's. Needs s good cleaning but seems to be working fine. Gonna be my bucktailing for fluke rig next season.

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I just went through a box of old reels. I have an old Green Penn Spinner, thought it was 704 but it is a 700.

Also found a Spinner named DAM, made in West Berlin, ever hear of it?

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Here is a great site for parts for any Penn Reel! You can even download the schematic for most of the reels.

http://www.scottsbt.com/catalog/stor...3848C5850.aspx

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Heres # 2

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/DSC01108.jpg

Only one more and I am the newest member of the Norton snaggers ;D