Penn Slammer III 3500 spinning reel review - under £150 in the UK — Henry Gilbey

I love fishing with a buttery smooth and light as a feather spinning reel as much as the next angler, but with how a lot of us go about our lure fishing, the argument is always going to be there that far too many of these often not cheap spinning reels simply aren’t up to what we are putting them th

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I really want to do more surf based lure fishing, but these lovely smooth Japanese spinning reels don't like being dunked at all - so I've got a Penn Slammer III 3500

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If you could design your perfect spinning reel for our lure fishing, what would you do? — Henry Gilbey

Some of the new fishing tackle I was starting to play with and/or I've got here waiting for a bit of a go when we can get back at it — Henry

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If you could design your perfect spinning reel for our lure fishing, what would you do? — Henry Gilbey

If you could design your perfect spinning reel for our lure fishing, what would you do? — Henry Gilbey

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Penn Slammer III 3500 spinning reel review - under £150 in the UK — Henry Gilbey

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