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Originally Posted by buddha
The Slammer has been discontinued and replaced by the Spinfisher V.
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I heard that was going to happen.
You can still get a new one at Charkbait (
http://www.charkbait.com/cs/csrp3.htm) or on ebay.
I've not tried the Spinfisher V.
I'll be honest I've been fishing Penn spinning reels since the 60s and even still own a Penn 700. I've used all the previous Spinfishers but the slammer 560 is in my opinion the best most trouble free Penn spinning reel I have seen. Incredibly smooth powerful, great drag but most of all nothing breaks or comes loose on it even when your subjecting it to hard fighting fish like tuna. I can't imagine anything I'd change on it or anything that could make it a better reel.
Sometimes you just got to shake your head at how Penn does things, but thanks for posting because now I'm going to pick up a few more of them while I can still get them.
Jim