Penn Battle II Spinning Fishing Reel

Great reel.

Schnuraufwicklung ä ist aus der Hölle, 150 Meter j-braid in knapp 3 Wochen komplett verbraucht, da nach gefühlt jedem 3. Wurf Schnur Perücken entstanden sind.

I have always loved Penn reels my 7000 needs repair so in the mean time I bought this one absolutely love it.

Quality construction and materials . Great feel, smooth and handle suits my large hands . A little heavier than other reels I have but feels rugged and built to last .

I bought the PENN BATTLE 2 4000 for mostly so.cal. surf fishing. I've been fishing for over 50 years for everything from bluegills to blue fin tuna. I bought it for casting jerk baits, lead heads, and small irons with a Shimano 10' stick. I spooled up with 20lb. braid directly to the reel(no mono backing needed with the rubber gasket on the spool, though some people still like a mono backing) to the top fill line. 30lb. mono leader, and I was very happy with the performance, from the way the bail clicks into place when open and stays there, to how smooth and quite it is. the HT-100 drag system is a reliable, tough and is a long lasting set up. I have not had any wind knots or issues with line coming on and off in a weird way. After fifty or so casts I can really feel the difference with that light weight reel. It's half the weight of my older 4000 size reels. I'm also getting a quicker release when casting with less weight, which translate to way more distance for me. The components of this reel are what set it apart from others in this price range. I looked at others, and they are good as well. I would recommend this reel primarily for the drag system and overall feel over the DAIWA BG for instance. I hope this helped you.

I brought this reel to use with the Shakespeare ugly stik the rod and reel go perfectly together for me some might find the reel a little on the small ,but it’s nice and very lightweight but that doesn’t mean that it’s not very well made.l found the combination of the two perfect