You’ve asked for it and Penn listened, bringing back the most popular sizes of the original Fathom lever drag two speeds at a discount from the new second generation. They were left untouched and in their original form so you get the performance you remember. These are awesome reels for the price and with all three you have almost all of the California offshore fishing covered, from sculpin to huge bluefin.

For what its worth, a guy can sure cover a lot of fishing with the 25N and 40N. With the use of braid as a backing, the 25 would do me darn well for 30 and 40 lb. lines, then the 40N for the 50 & 60. Nice casting pieces, nicely made. Having said that, I spent some time playing around with the little 15 this week, what a wonderful little reel. Small size, huge gears on the little micro beast for some excellent power. I like the gear ratio Penn picked and I really like the drainage and overall construction. The reel has a very nice feel to it. Sure, these are subjective remarks, but they are sincere. Penn took their time, listened and this time they looked at the right competitors in the marketplace (and we aint talking about the bike maker). They no doubt looked directly at Avet and they are offering a very nice range of reels that address some of the areas where Avet could perhaps improve. Im not knocking Avet one bit, they make great gear and they have their share of competing features, but I think Penn found three points to go after and they did just that by addressing gears size, drainage and drag capacity. Im not putting one manufacturer above another especially since Avet was the firm to bring castable lever drags to the market first and really set the industry on its ear with their quality and pricing. Avets line has their share of strengths too (made from machined aluminum verses cast aluminum, 7 bearings verses 5), but Penn is definitely on the right track and theyve found some points from which to shine verses competing firms. Which way to gosure glad Im not making the choice, but I can say competition is a great thing from a consumer standpoint and Penn, Release, Okuma and Avet are offering reels that are so far beyond whats been on the market previously as to be nothing less than amazing.

The PENN Fathom lever drag 2-speed series of reels are compact but loaded with big features. Featuring a Full Metal Body, stainless steel main and pinion gear, Dura-Drag washers, and a double dog ratchet anti- reverse you will find there is no stopping these reels.