I remember all these Penn reels from the ’60s/’70s, ... Great reels made for the working class people but not exactly cheap, to say the least, but affordable to everyone I was a kid then and I had the Squidder because my hand was too small for the Jigmaster but I cast the hell out of my Squidder… now I'm 63 and have been collecting vintage and unused Abu reels, 2 of the 10000c, 1 of the 9000c, and 1 of the 7000c, .. I’ve learned these reels were made by watchmakers which explains how solid and very well made these reels are... Back to the Penn reels, ... I will be looking for some unused Penn reels from the 60’s era, ... There's something all should do for these reels replace the spool bearings with Abec 7, balance the spool and you have a real Bad Ass reel…! It's all about the bearings…! I've taken down many big Stripers mostly on Penn reels..! Good luck to all.. 🤙😎👌

Put a 10 foot rod on that jig master and upgrade the drag washers and it will cast amazing I love Penn reels and Abu garcias it’s all I use

Back in the day, braid line was called Squidding line, .. All the veteran fishermen will know this, .. Not the newbies

Great job on the video thanks 🐟

Look at mystic parts they have specs for all penn reels even parts

the 500 has bigger drag washers then the 209, the 500 uses the same washers as the 309, your 209's big brother. get some HT-100 drag washers and replace the washers in both. Then back the star drag off when you aren't fishing with them, the drag washer will last longer. Go to 2nd Chance Tackle on youtube, to see how to work on them, Dennis will help you learn how

I have two jig masters looking to get a 209 m

Got the same reels. 30 year old