New Penn Spinfisher V

[Sgt Striper]

Originally Posted by jonserfish

do you store it in salt water t keep it from corroding ?...kinda of like a swamped outboard? If it is sealed than what would the purpose be? just curious I really like the new sealed model even the baitrunners are watertight. I've been dying to hear some. feedback

We put it in the bucket to see if it would leak and affect the performance, It didn't!

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Sgt Striper

We put it in the bucket to see if it would leak and affect the performance, It didn't!

Is the reel still performing well?

[wader-dad]

big question for me is if the gears are grey metal crummy gears like in the slammers or bronze alloy like in the Torque. Can't tell from the picture. Probably in between.

[chefchris401]

Reel looks nice, would be nice to own a penn again.

thats a great price range too.

what size did you get to test Lou?

Manual bail? bailess conversion doable?

[Sgt Striper]

Originally Posted by Slingah

Is the reel still performing well?

Yes it is, and they have made some improvements over the one we used.

Originally Posted by wader-dad

big question for me is if the gears are grey metal crummy gears like in the slammers or bronze alloy like in the Torque. Can't tell from the picture. Probably in between.

Stainless steel mainshaft and alloy main gear, had no problems with the gearing at all

Originally Posted by chefchris401

Reel looks nice, would be nice to own a penn again.

thats a great price range too.

If I get a chance I will snap a few photo's of it tomorrow and post them.

what size did you get to test Lou?

Manual bail? bailess conversion doable?

Chris, We had all the sizes but used the 4500? the most, it took a lot of abuse from about 5 of the guys at the shop and held up well.
They said there would be a manual p/u at a later date for a few models. price is supposed to be $139 to $199. which should make this reel a BIG hit!