Penn spinners....

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they are all made in china or the Philippines. read Florida fishing Reels( buddy of mine has them as a sponsor) statement about how they tried to make their product somewhere else, its a bit enlighten. I think ABU Garcia is one of the few that isn't. i have a few of the old ssg 4300 Penns that were great, except i cant get any parts for them( I need a drag knob). I have a nice Finn Nor that is missing a couple parts, its not that old, but the factory was destroyed by that tsunami a few years back in Malaysia , so no parts for it. I fish Penn Battle 2s mostly, they seem OK, haven't had any issue out of them, but now they have the battle 3, so I might not have any parts for them before long. I have a couple older Shimanos that are ok, I work on the Shimano Factory offshore boat(Shimano N America is headquartered in Ladson SC now) and have been trying to get a couple Stradics for some handmade trout rods I have with no luck, they aren't getting any inventory right now. I'm not spending $250-$300 for a trout reel. I've got 4 brand new Diawa BG series reels that are the smoothest thing I've ever handled, just haven't had a chance to get them wet yet(had them for 2 years now). I see Diawa has changed up their reels from when mine were made, they don't seem as smooth. I dont have an answer other than they are all overpriced and under built. BTW, anyone have any old Penn 2/0's, I'm looking for some Spanish reels