Penn Fathom Lever Drag

Está compactoYa listo para calarlo con los jureles en baja California

Same day delivery was fast .. powerful reel for its price .. recommended 👍👍

I took a friend's advice and bought a few Penn Lever drags. I have a variety of Tiagras, Avet's and Internationals-all of which still have their time and place. However, the Fathom, narrow, single-speed reels are just darned impressive. I am fishing heavier line from smaller reels when going after larger fish than any time in the last 20 years and have found this reel to be perfect for putting in time at the rail without the arm fatigue of my heavy metal reels. This is not a "cow tuna" reel, as any and all graphite reels tend to crack or break at the reel foot under prolonged extreme high drag pressure (which is simply the nature of a super stiff graphite frame), but it is a fair trade for less weight and less "wobble" compared to my "Big reels." In fact, I am certain that having aged a bit, that this reel produces more drag (#40lbs max) than I care to hold onto while fighting big tune; BUT, that high drag is just the ticket when locked-down for those last 30-50 feet to the gaff on a big fish. I use this for tuna up to 75-100 lbs; for bigger fish a 2 speed is easier on the arms and back, but the reel can and has handled tuna up to 150lb with perfect aplomb- if I do my part. Price point is terrific and it does not have that annoying Avet Reel whirring.

I purchased 6 of these reels with the intent to use them in Costa Rica mainly for sailfish. The retrieve rate is excellent, also the spool capacity and overall size is nice as well. Unfortunately the overall quality has been terrible so far, the clicker mechanism is a very poor design and stops working regularly. On initial use the clicker button actually fell right out of one of the reels. So far I have repaired the reel clickers on these reels 7 times, and don't see any way to improve their dependability. Also, while fighting a nice dorado (mahi mahi) one day, the reel handle fell right off the reel in mid-fight...luckily the screw wasn't able to fall out of the handle and I was able to put it back together later that day. Penn...you are better than this, aren't you?

I bought a pair of these and with a few small fish caught on them the Drag is already slipping through. My other is sticking and it won't even cast anymore. I loved my Penn spinning reels, I cannot believe the quality of these reels...very disappointing