Penn International 2.5 Reel

Penn International 2.5 ReelA Penn International 2. 5 model fly reel, approximately 3 5 16ths diameter and set up for LHW. Direct drive. Mint unfished condition. Gold anodized frame and spool with the spool ported. The drag is adjusted via a dial on the backplate. Serial number C940041. Made in the USA. The reel weighs 9. 7 ounces on my scale. It comes in its original pouch.

The grip is 6" long and shaped to a modified half wells style that has some erosion from cleaning

I've been lucky to handle some exceptionally unusual and rare rods during the course of my career

The ferrules are black anodized aluminum stepdown style

The full-wells grip is 6 1/2" in length with the plastic still on the grip

The main wraps are olive with dark maroon edges and an extra edge of orange at the keeper wrap

one on the tip

The sections are full length

with rim rash around most of the rim and a few moderate scratches

with some slight mounting marks at one end

For sale here is a pentagonal bamboo rod made by the late Dean Jones of Oregon in 2001

There is also the faintest outline of where a line weight sticker may have been on one sideplate

followed by fifty #2 Perfection reels