cphubert 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Poopdeck said: there is a cult following for a lack of level wind in the surf fishing I'm not in the cult but I do fish a couple of penn 160 beachmasters of that vintage. If you want a real caster change the bearings to ceramic ( I don't) but absolutely change the drag washers to the newer HT100 or carbon fiber kits. I grew up casting these and the penn 704 green spinners in the surf. I retired the 704's for BG's and have a fancy magnetic avet reel but still like the penn reels, never considered level winds except when fishing cod in 200+ feet of water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2021 Going to clean it and retire it along with my Zebco 33 I got in 1956. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
