Just picked up two 8ft Shimano rods with a 209 penn and a 309 penn reels.
Heavy action rods. Reels seemed solid.
50 bucks for the two.
What kinda luck have others had with the penns?
Ya, mama said I don' need any more. "You can only use two here in south dakota." But it is nice to have one ready to bait and cast when ya snag up one.
Those reels are tanks and throw pretty decent. They are slow geared and seems like it takes forever to reel all your stuff back in. Prefer something with a little faster gearing.
I've owned my 309 Penn 38yrs most of the red paint gone still works without issue. It's still my favorite reel though I think I'm going to retire the old girl this year.
I inherited a 209 Penn Pier when my brother in law died of brain cancer a few years ago it has had the level wind removed so I don't use it much for anything other than in the spring I put it on a uglystik gx2 heavy for my grand-daughter to use for flying her kite works real good for that purpose that thing holds a goodly amount of line.
I have a fleet of old penn 209 and 309 reels.i have about 50 penns really.i pick them up dirt cheap at garage sales.not many guys use these in michigan anymore.still smooth as a good quality made watch.rock solid reels.gear ratio is a little slow but it works out fighting large catfish.easy to birds nest too without practice.built to last..
I presently have two 309s and one 209. I like them and caught fish on one of the 309s last weekend but they are too big for what I do. They just have a lot of appeal for me. They actually cast pretty good.
Ive had a cl ad out for awhile offering a trade for 109s or 9Ms
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