FISHING THE PACIFIC 



and the Penn Senators have given the salt-water fishing 

 fraternity a line of reels, in large and small sizes, which have 

 caught some very elegant fish and given some laudable per- 

 formances. For an inexpensive reel, the Penn is hard to beat. 

 The late Otto Henze, former president of the Penn Reel 

 Company in Philadelphia, was an enterprising fisherman. He 

 spent a great deal of time on the beaches of the North Atlan- 

 tic coast and was ready and willing to tackle fish anywhere. 

 John Egly, a fine angler and all-round salt-water sportsman 

 and marine expert, married Henze's widow, and the two of 

 them are doing a fine and helpful job for the fishing fraternity 

 in the way they are operating the plant and business. Flenze 

 started the company in 1933. He should be remembered for- 

 ever for what he has done for fishing and the anglers of the 

 world. 



The Penn Company makes the finest surfcasting reels 

 obtainable. Their Squidder is beyond words, and more 

 anglers use it than any other good reel. The price is nominal 

 —only twenty-seven dollars. My second choice would be their 

 Surfmaster, a wonderful reel selling for around fifteen dol- 

 lars. Nothing can beat either of these. They can be taken 

 apart very easily and have a nice little drag. The Squidders 

 set up on ball bearings and when the fins are taken off the 

 spools, which are lightweight, I believe you can get more 

 distance with them than with any other reel. They will really 

 spin! The Surfmaster carries a little more line. 



Any of the small Penn reels like the Long Beach and Silver 

 Beach may be used for trolling and casting for small fish. For 

 instance, I have taken a 3 -thread sailfish weighing around S5 

 pounds— it was released so I cannot tell exactly— on a 4/0 



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