penn 515 mag2

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penn 515 mag2

Post by silloth » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:53 pm

recived my new penn 515 mag2 overhead yesterday put 14lb berkeley sensation trilene and took it up to the oval for a test NOT ONE BIRDSNEST
and already have a bit more distance, with a bit more fine tuning will get a lot more more
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by Tackleberry » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:55 pm

YEP their a good reel i have 2 of the squall 15s and they leave the abu's for dead
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by JS270 » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:00 pm

The Squall's are a brilliant surfcasting reel and will help a lot of anglers learn to master an overhead very easily :water:

https://youtu.be/SNUgJ9gskMQ

Mated to a good rod and with a bit of practice they fly :a_goodjob:

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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by Tackleberry » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:03 pm

Jeremy i'll let you tell him about the grease on the spool edges as you will tell it better than me
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by 4liters » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:12 pm

Tackleberry wrote:Jeremy i'll let you tell him about the grease on the spool edges as you will tell it better than me
scared the **** out of me when I first noticed it on my first squall, thought i'd ****** it up in less than 6 casts
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by Tackleberry » Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:17 pm

did it on after cast 4 dropped about 35 yards and thought WTF happened there

took me 2 more casts to find what was going on so out with screw driver and a

rag to wipe the frame and spool down and was back in business .
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by silloth » Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:10 pm

is that the blue grease that the reel is delivered with,i took the spindle out and give it a clean and a light lubricant

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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by Lightningx » Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:19 pm

Nice one mate :thumbsup:

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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by Tackleberry » Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:14 pm

silloth wrote:is that the blue grease that the reel is delivered with,i took the spindle out and give it a clean and a light lubricant
yep
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Re: penn 515 mag2

Post by silloth » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:54 pm

what size line did you spool the reel

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