Penn Slammer Conventional Rods

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Penn Slammer® Conventional Rods

If you are looking for a fancy, lightweight, high-modulus graphite rod capable of delicately placing a custom hand-tied fly in front of a majestic, rising fish, please turn the page quickly, ‘cause this ain’t your rod. On the other hand, if you want a butt-kicking, heavy-walled glass blank rod for some serious heavy-duty tough guy fishing, kick off your work boots, turn off the F350 Super Duty*, and sit back in
the recliner while you check these rods out. Sometimes you just need something with guts, something heavy-duty, and ready for anything you can throw at it.

Penn Slammer® Rods are constructed from thick-walled tubular glass blanks incorporating Penn’s IST Technology for durability and power. A favorite rod among wreck fishing anglers, and pier and bridge anglers, the Slammer® Rod was designed for durability. This is more of your meat and potatoes kind of rod, versus a Tofu and Bean Sprouts type of rod. It is for anglers that prefer to fish, rather than prance around the flats in a skiff commenting on the tranquility of the morning calm. If you are thinking, am I really tough enough to fish with such a rod, no worries pal, ‘cause our rod designers wouldn’t let us go too far off the deep end. We tried for sand paper as grip material, citing the good grip you would get with it, but they said the EVA Foam would be more comfortable and still have a good grip. Using an actual broomstick for a blank was considered, but according to the designers, the parabolic taper of the Slammer would be more powerful and angler friendly. For guide-wraps, we thought Duct Tape was a no-brainer; again, our rod designers won this battle, so it is only quality threadwork for the Slammer Rods. Too bad, the Duct tape would have looked nice. *F350 Super Duty is a certified tough-guy product and registered trademark of the Ford Corporation.

These Rods are no longer available from Fisherman's Headquarters