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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3335685" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I had a Red #9 for decades before I finally stripped the gears in it.</p><p>I ran mono in it and it would cast almost as far as my cousins 7000 ABU. I was always 10 feet short compared to his ..My fishing rod was a thick solid fiberglass 6 footer he had a 12 foot surf rod.</p><p></p><p>I would get the line stuck on the bottom in the Arkansas river below lock 16 with current flowing while drifting.</p><p>I would use the #9 reel as a crank winch to reel the boat up stream against the current and try and unstick it.</p><p>After many years of doing that it broke the gears inside.</p><p>I got it when I was 12 and if not for using it as a winch i would probably still be using it.</p><p></p><p>I did get a 6500C3 and it in stock form would not cast as far as the #9 on the same rod.</p><p>You must use accurate thumb action on the 9.</p><p>I ended up removing the brakes in the 6500C3 and then it would outcast the 9 by a long ways.</p><p></p><p>I used a 5000 or could have been a 5500 it was years ago and it would cast rubber worms very well into farm ponds.</p><p>Line capacity for river fishing was not even close to enough on that little reel.</p><p>The Penn reels are excellent once you get used to them..and they are not expensive either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3335685, member: 15054"] I had a Red #9 for decades before I finally stripped the gears in it. I ran mono in it and it would cast almost as far as my cousins 7000 ABU. I was always 10 feet short compared to his ..My fishing rod was a thick solid fiberglass 6 footer he had a 12 foot surf rod. I would get the line stuck on the bottom in the Arkansas river below lock 16 with current flowing while drifting. I would use the #9 reel as a crank winch to reel the boat up stream against the current and try and unstick it. After many years of doing that it broke the gears inside. I got it when I was 12 and if not for using it as a winch i would probably still be using it. I did get a 6500C3 and it in stock form would not cast as far as the #9 on the same rod. You must use accurate thumb action on the 9. I ended up removing the brakes in the 6500C3 and then it would outcast the 9 by a long ways. I used a 5000 or could have been a 5500 it was years ago and it would cast rubber worms very well into farm ponds. Line capacity for river fishing was not even close to enough on that little reel. The Penn reels are excellent once you get used to them..and they are not expensive either. [/QUOTE]
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