K2 buys Penn

[Gloucester2]

Time to buy another International or three and put them on the shelf . . .

[Mike P]

The International baitcasters are crap to begin with. They can make them on Mars for all I care--I'm never buying another one. Plastic bridge plate, jack-in-the-box free spool, and level wind pawls that wear out in a month. No thanks

The only good surf useable reel Penn's come out with in the last 20 years is the 525 Mag. And they stopped making most of their old workhorses.

[gone fishin]

MIKE I agree. I am waiting to see if the changes to ABU are as good as many have been telling me. Please bring back the ABU 6500 mag elite .......

[BasicPatrick]

The Mag-Elite was re-released last year under a similar but slightly different name. They are exact copies made in Sweden.

Back on topic. I had the privilidge to see a prototype of a Penn Mag 515. Same housing as the Mag 525 but with a smaller spool and a few other tweaks. I know Penn has been falling behind but the Mag 525 & when/if released the Mag 515 seem to be good products for those that can throw non-levelwind reels.

Originally Posted by gone fishin

MIKE I agree. I am waiting to see if the changes to ABU are as good as many have been telling me. Please bring back the ABU 6500 mag elite .......