My old PENN
Submitted by Basto on Sat, 2013-04-20 09:01
I found a forty year old 113h Senator recently in very good condition and decided to update it a bit.
I put a topless Tiburon frame and a new carbontex drag and a stainless gear sleeve and a new aluminium spool on it .
The whole project cost just over $300.00 and that included the cost of the reel.
I now have a very durable,reliable bottom fishing/trolling reel.
The second pic is of the original reel.
snappermiles
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Date Joined: 05/11/10
sounds interesting
im surprised you would spend that much on such an old star drag reel when you could get a new lever drag for the same price, but i guess it would have been a fun process. the pictures are not working though would like to see how it turned out
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Basto
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Date Joined: 28/08/12
I have plenty of reels, star
I have plenty of reels, star drag and levers, but it`s hard to find a new reel with a low gear ratio. This reels is 3.3:1. The low gear ratio combined with a tall spool produces GRUNT and a reasonable retrieve rate.
Don`t know why you can`t see the photos????
mjohns
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Date Joined: 11/01/07
These reels are built
These reels are built tough...have been around for many many years and still will be to come!
Reels arn't built like they used to be, same with cars..
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