urgent assistance needed

[big adam]

hi everyone i am thinking of bidding on a penn 535 from ebay need some advice as its going to be my first penn multiplier have already fiddled about with a abu 7000 and now my way round a multiplier just dont know whether its a beach reel or not

just saw it as a bargain and thought ohh well

BUT any help or ADVICE would be appreciated ASAP

THANKS!

Heres the link to have a look

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/penn-535-fishing-ree...bayphotohosting

[glennk]

More a rock reel than a beach reel mate. I would rate it around the abu 8000 - 9000 size. It holds enough 30 pound line for me to fish off the top of Bempton cliffs with mine. You could beach fish with it but I would really look at the abu 6500 or penn 525 in all honesty.

[big adam]

cheers pal do you think it might be a good allrounder as in would it do as a backup boat reel a backup beach caster and a cliff or rock mayble pier reel. Because in going up to the shetland isles to do all this do you think it would do???

would you say a second hand one for 25 quid is a good bargain

[John E Ashford]

Penn 535GS is a good all round workhorse reel, I mostly use mine for Uptiding. If the price is right then it's well worth having in your tackle box.

[glennk]

Yes definately a good alrounder adam. It will do for all those things you mentioned. Its not a specialist reel for any of those situations but will do a job for you. The 535 is a real powerhouse and Im pleased with mine. Some people gear them down for cliff fishing but mine is fine as it is.

[big adam]

cheers well i now have won the bidding and have got it for a rather respectable 38 pound inc postage so rather happy about that

what is meant by geared down ?

[glennk]

They put different cogs in to change the retrieve ratio to stop them jamming when pulling a decent fish up the cliffs. As I never catch decent fish Im ok

[big adam]

supposidly the retieve ratio is 6:1:1

is that any good or should i get it sorted out to hold bigger fish

im only thinking fish coming to about 20b