PENN
International V Series Lever Drag Reels

• Shift: Penn’s Quick Shift engages automatically with a deliberate bump of the shift button (low-speed) or spin of the shift knob (high-speed). This is the easiest, and most angler-friendly two-speed feature on the market, and can be perfomed without letting go of the handle.
• Drag: Penn Dura-Drag™ will dramatically improve the performance of Penn International® Reels, as well as significantly extend the life-span of an International® drag. Say goodbye to hesitations and jerky drags. In laboratory testing, the new Dura-Drag sustained its original drag settings after 100-hours of drag “burn-time”, while competitors’ materials dropped by more than 35%. Powerful double-disc drag with 150-degree drag quadrant.
• Push-to-Turn: Designed to prevent unintentional changes to a Lever-Drag’s drag setting by good-intentioned charters, guests, or “expert” anglers, Penn’s Push-to-Turn requires the drag pre-set knob to be intentionally “pushed” while rotating the pre-set to gain more(clockwise) or less drag (counter-clockwise).
• Push-to-Turn: Designed to prevent unintentional changes to a Lever-Drag’s drag setting by good-intentioned charters, guests, or “expert” anglers, Penn’s Push-to-Turn requires the drag pre-set knob to be intentionally “pushed” while rotating the pre-set to gain more(clockwise) or less drag (counter-clockwise).
• Gears: Machine-cut, heat-treated stainless steel main and pinion gears and drag cam.
• Bearings: Four aircraft-grade, sealed, stainless steel ball bearings
• Stainless steel reel stand
• Materials: Machined, gold anodized one-piece frame. Forged and machined spool and side plates. Stainless steel reel stand

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