Product Review-Penn Legion Rods
Penn has taken inshore light tackle fishing to the next level with their new line of light tackle fishing rods. Let me introduce the Penn Legion series. The Legions have everything you need in a light tackle rod and nothing extra that you don’t need to get in your way on a rod. These rods were designed, tested and still used today by light tackle anglers all over the world. I was on the test team for these rods and from the first day I fished them, I really liked them!
There are 19 models in the Legion line and I’m sure you can find a rod or two that will match what ever kind of light tackle fishing you enjoy doing. One thing I look for in rods today is a rod that is built well, balanced in your hands and its feels good to fish with; I look forward to casting my Legions everyday I use them. I don’t have that feeling in the back of my head thinking, “I wish I had a different rod to use than this one”. I have owed rods in the past that just did not do it for me, the Legion is far from those rods; it’s a pleasure to cast every time!
Here are some of the features that really make Legions great rods:
• 100% 30 ton Graphite blank for incredible strength
• Fuji Hardloy guides on all models
• Fuji Reel seats on all models
• Carbon scale; a unique twist of strands of carbon fiber that create a beautiful scale pattern on the rods.
• 19 Models with 16 spinning and 3 casting
• A soft yet durable rubber gimbal on the heavier models in casting and spinning.
• Cork handles on the lighter models and EVA on the heavier models
• Spinning models with lengths of 6’6”, 6’9”, 7’, 7’3”,7’6” and 8’ casting models are all 7’
• MSRP: $99.95 to $119.95
One personal story I have with a Penn Legion medium spinning seven foot rod, is a 54 pound cobia that decided to eat my bluefish jig this last June. I was out on a beautiful afternoon with my wife just cruising outside of Rich’s Inlet NC; very close to Wrightsville Beach, NC. I saw a school of menhaden and lots of bluefish working the school of menhaden just outside the inlet. So I casted my jig in to the school of menhaden and something, much bigger than a bluefish picked up my jig. After a twenty minute fight and a very tough time of gaffing; we got the 54 pound cobia in the boat. And what do you know it was caught on a Penn Legion medium spinning rod with a Penn Battle 3000 spinning reel! The Legion did great under the pressure of a 54 pound Cobia and the twenty minute fight and the Penn Battle spinning reels was just as smooth too after the fight! That is one day I’ll never forget!
Check out the full line of Penn Legion rods at www.pennreels.com or your local tackle shop. If you have any questions or comments on the Legions or any Penn products please let me know.
Thanks for reading,
Capt. Jot Owens
www.captainjot.com
captainjot@yahoo.com
