last night I hooked into a huge ray on my new 9/0. didn't land it but this thing was huge, I couldn't turn the fish. this reel defiantly stands up to the test
It's 1495 yards of 100lb braid, with the exception that you should 30-50 yards (minimum) 100lb mono as a base line backing to act as a shock absorber on the spool... In regards to a line guide. There's a reason many big reels (International, Avet TRX, all of the Senators, i.e.) do not have one. There's a couple reasons actually, say you have 130lb braid flying out of your reel with 24 pounds of drag and the "arc pressure" from the rod. The line guide can not handle that sort of pressure; also, the line guide adds additional close range friction on the line. Which with mono, could be heat friction tampering with the line's maximum capability, and with braid, could cause frays.
On Penn Senator Reels the H stands for high speed retrieve and is distinguishable by the red side plates on the reel, L is for low speed and has black side plates.
I have a Penn 114H that has black side plates. It is said that the first year they came out they had black side plates then went to red. The 2 would mean it is made in China. Not as good of quality as the USA reels. Still good reels though.
