Hi guys
I'm Italian and about to buy the new PENN 950ssm,since yesterday I've been the proud owner of a PENN 9500, that now as you know has been discontinued, with this reel I have been trolling for about 10000 miles (from California to Australia,Caribe and Mediterranean) during some boat deliveries, catching many big fishes included a striped marlin about 50kg at Cook island(Kiribati), but just yesterday at the Marina of PortoVenere,an idiot driver passed over my reel with his huge black Chrysler SUV (Italians who own these cars are always and undoubtely assholes!),the arm that connect the reel to the rod broked down really badly, making me cry! Unbelievably a friend of mine could manage to re-attach the arm and then the reel to the Shimano Beast Master with some nylon fishing line and with this device and a mackerel shaped X-rap we got a 16 kg amberjack(Seriola dumerilii)!!!
Anyway, I would like to know if the Penn 9500 is compatible in some parts with the newest 950ssm, I mean if for istance the spool is the same, or other parts, in this case I would surely go for it as I could have some spare parts for the new one, as in Italy are not possible to find easily and moreover are really superexpensive. If not, I could consider to take a Fin-Nor equivalent just to try something new, but in any case something in this range of price, 150 or so(American price of course being in Italy as expensive as a barrel of good wine!).
thanks a lot, ciao, be well
stefano
I'm Italian and about to buy the new PENN 950ssm,since yesterday I've been the proud owner of a PENN 9500, that now as you know has been discontinued, with this reel I have been trolling for about 10000 miles (from California to Australia,Caribe and Mediterranean) during some boat deliveries, catching many big fishes included a striped marlin about 50kg at Cook island(Kiribati), but just yesterday at the Marina of PortoVenere,an idiot driver passed over my reel with his huge black Chrysler SUV (Italians who own these cars are always and undoubtely assholes!),the arm that connect the reel to the rod broked down really badly, making me cry! Unbelievably a friend of mine could manage to re-attach the arm and then the reel to the Shimano Beast Master with some nylon fishing line and with this device and a mackerel shaped X-rap we got a 16 kg amberjack(Seriola dumerilii)!!!
Anyway, I would like to know if the Penn 9500 is compatible in some parts with the newest 950ssm, I mean if for istance the spool is the same, or other parts, in this case I would surely go for it as I could have some spare parts for the new one, as in Italy are not possible to find easily and moreover are really superexpensive. If not, I could consider to take a Fin-Nor equivalent just to try something new, but in any case something in this range of price, 150 or so(American price of course being in Italy as expensive as a barrel of good wine!).
thanks a lot, ciao, be well
stefano