Everol 20/0 v.s. Penn 16/0 Reel
I remember back in 1975 when the movie JAWS first came out I was 14 yrs old, I knew then and their that I wanted a penn 16/0 reel, In the summer months following the movie I worked with my dad and also cut lawns to save up for the reel, Finally the time came when I met a friend in high school (sophomore year I was 16yrs old) We had a common goal to buy the biggest reel available so we searched bait and tackle shops with no avail, we went to the Miami Boat Show that’s where we saw fin-nors, Everols, and others for the very first time but were to expensive for our budget and were not bigger than the penn 16/0, Back in the days there were no cell phones, no internet, really no form of advertising other than the newspaper and tv. Then one day Eddie and I met a gentleman on south beach pier promoting his business called Castro Bait and Tackle on Espanola Way near the pier so we went over and ordered two Penn 16/0 Reels. Here is a photo of my receipt when, where, and the amount for the reel.
I guess that I never stopped looking for the biggest Reel until recently I came across an ad that introduced the BIGGEST REEL on the PLANET EVEROL 20/0 REEL and I knew that this was the ONE!!!
Everol 20/0 Reel and Harnell 9'-6" Rod ( 130lb Class )
I was wondering who ordered the first one. You wanted red but settled for blue? I have a black one on the way
OMG
TEAM GETCHA GETCHA SHARKON
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!! That's a giant reel!!!!!!
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how will yall spool those?
Jaws needed a reel like that
Hey Tony I loved the post and the old reciept (Classic),it's part of what we old timers lived through in the era when the movie Jaws set a fire in so many of us.Thank you for sharing it.
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wow that thing is enormous!!!!! put out the monster bait on that one. no bonitas allowed!! haha