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    Posted: 30 Apr 2007 at 6:34pm
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been offered 1 of these,Big%20smile look mint just wondering if they would be any good for jiging or poppers look like quite a big reel and gear ration is only 4.2/1 or should it be a livie reel already have a tld25 for this and a 6500b but never say enoughWinkLOL
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Sam Mossman caught a marlin on one a few years ago,so they must have a use.....surfcasting off the beach, casting poppers,straylining,if its cheap buy it ,if you dont like it throw it on trade me and kick its ass to the kerb...
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it was graham sinclair.he caught it on a 9500ss.
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they are a great all round work house of a reel, basically indestructable.

good poppering reel, anything you want it to be.

i still prefer shimano though.
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I've got an older US made 8500 and one of the new 950ss. Both wickedly strong but I'd personally rather have the older 9500.
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still loving my shimano gear levicat but this  came up as a reel bargain so grabbed it and just wondering if i can use it and how,keen on casting poppers and jigs but was going to use 6500 for this,and keep tld for livebaiting
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cosmo..that reel will eat any shimano..whole
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A 950SSm? Way better for poppering than the shim 6500, absolutely no comparisson. However, the 950 is a very large reel, the 850SSm is big enough...still, for the right price, hell, why not the larger?
The Penn Spinfishers, although not the flashest designs, are damn near bullet proof. The SSm series are also a considerable improvement over the older SS series reels, but still have that rather small spool, which is a bit of a bugger!
Anyhow, for poppering, go for the Penn, NOT the baitrunner!
Cheers, Stu.
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dear o dear such language round my poor sensitive shimano ears,well did enquire about a 850 to start with CA  but ended up with the 950 not complaining mind you just got to hide it in the company car for a while till after the b/day and then try and slide it past mrs cosmo shes ordered the 6500 for the b/day HAHAHALOL
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