#Setting penn fathom 2 speed drag full

The capacity lines are incrementally designed so that at a glance, an angler fighting a big, fast running fish can tell exactly how much line he has left on the spool. Many anglers think these are only for loading the spool with line, but this is incorrect.

#Setting penn fathom 2 speed drag full

The spool features line capacity rings marked at 1/3rd, 2/3rds and full capacity. The machined spool is from forged aluminium, again designed to give maximum strength, but also lightness. The advantage of this is that there is no chance of distortion when the reel is under massive pressure, either from a fast running fish, or more so when an angler puts full rod pressure on a fish that is hugging the bottom in deep water and refusing to budge.

It features a full metal frame and side-plate. This is a compact, relatively lightweight reel, but it packs a huge number of features in to its build specification. Without doubt, current Penn reels are backed by a lifetime of experience, and this build know-how comes through in the Penn Fathom 15 LD2SP reel. Nearly 90-years on Penn reels are said to have more world and national records to their name than all other reel makes put together. They made an instant impact being innovative, tough, precisely engineered and quickly gained a major share of the US and world markets. The Penn Fishing Tackle Company was founded in the USA by Otto Heinze in 1932.