[Tarpun]

Stick with the new Penn Dura drag washers. The older HT100's were also good but if your drags got wet, when they dried the salt would build up between the backing plate and the back side of the drag washer. That would cause high spots and an erratic drag. I believe it was an issue with the bonding agent. If the reel is an older model you'll want to replace the drag plate as the newer ones are machined to much closer tolerances. Rub Penn blue grease into the drag washer surface and then wipe the excess off and you're good to go. IMHO a lot of the bad raps about Penn Intl. reels are because there a pile of old ones out there with old wornout parts in them. Tight Lines.