Penn 515 Mag

[kaylemf]

hi lads just wondering has anyone used it yet, thinking about getting one for christmas and wondering what they're like, look very nice anyway!

[Tornado8]

Used mine a couple of times, seem a top reeland havnt found any faults yet!!

[kaylemf]

cheers

[BigPhil]

was speaking to a friend this evening who was telling me he finds his a bit slow, he said he would have to get it running faster!
and that he had had a little trouble with line being caught between spool and reel a time or two when he had eased the spool float off a bit.

[kaylemf]

thanks for that phil will have a think about it!

[Tornado8]

Straight out of the box mine one was sluggish aswell (in comparison to my 7ht mag) so opened the reel up and cleaned alot of the factory grease off the spindle and put the bearings in lighter fuel for a clean and then oiled with rocket fuel and it's running far from slow now!! Was a fairly easy job aswell!!

[JPS]

I got the Penn Squall 12 from the States and it is just the USA version of the 515 , Love mine and have it matched to the century TTLD or my TT sport.

As mentioned can be sped up if you want but gives good distance without touching it

[ted]

have one the last 3 years grate reel very few over runs with the mag control good to cast with and very fast retreve wud recomend it

[bigsod]

have one the last 3 years grate reel very few over runs with the mag control good to cast with and very fast retreve wud recomend it

Ted you must know someone high up in Penn, the 515 has only been on the market a few months

[The Austrian]

have one the last 3 years grate reel very few over runs with the mag control good to cast with and very fast retreve wud recomend it

Ted you must know someone high up in Penn, the 515 has only been on the market a few months

+1

[AG]

have one the last 3 years grate reel very few over runs with the mag control good to cast with and very fast retreve wud recomend it

Ted you must know someone high up in Penn, the 515 has only been on the market a few months

+1

i seen a penn 515 mag in 2006

[The Austrian]

have one the last 3 years grate reel very few over runs with the mag control good to cast with and very fast retreve wud recomend it

Ted you must know someone high up in Penn, the 515 has only been on the market a few months

+1

i seen a penn 515 mag in 2006

lucky you, according to things, I most certainly wouldn't see one of those in the next few years

[kstaff]

Have one and use one excellent reel, buy one!!!

[kaylemf]

thanks for all replys

[MerseyBoy]

Got mine a few week's ago at Gerrys and I love it. Have it loaded with 15lb F1 and its super smooth straight out of the box. The new indexed drag is a great feature, and the mag setting is much better and easier to use than the older slider. The smaller reel body is lovely to use and it still holds loads of line. It's got plenty of grunt also, ive been pulling double headers of codling out of the Mersey with it , no problem... Im giving the Penn 515mag 9/10..

[kaylemf]

Thanks for the reply!

[Drew]

Used mine for the first time tonight, I'm actually loving it, 25lb line loaded on it, and fishing a local rough mark and it performed impeccably, played with the magnetic brakes a bit, and didn't birdie the thing once. We'll see how it stands up to the test of time, but at the minute I feel like I'm onto a winner.