The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

For those of us whose first reel was a Black Prince, what was your second reel?
I would be very interested in seeing how many TFF members went with:
i) a second Black Prince;
ii) a different Intrepid reel; or
iii) a reel made by anyone but Intrepid.

For me, it was iii) a Shakespeare 2200 (with a dodgy bale arm trip), swiftly replaced by a Mitchell 308.

G. B.

I can't remember what it was called, but the reel was given to me by a friend of my father's and it came from a cigarette coupon catalogue if my memory serves me right.
Don't think it lasted very long.......

Unlike the "Black Prince", which I still have amongst my collection of Old That / Junk....

Didn't get into Mitchell's until much later.

I think it was a dark brown Daiwa, model number unknown. It was a major improvement over the BP and I enjoyed using it. Eventually it suffered from a stripped gear due to boyhood abuse.

My first was a TruSpin in grey (managed to buy a mint one recently) then a Regent, used for years. I still use a pair of Elites along with some Abu Cardinal 40s and a 501.

My first reel was a Boys centrepin . My second was a Black Prince. My third was a Mitchell 324. My worse reel ever was the Black Prince.

Intrepid Regent or Envoy, cant remember now.

Wal.

My first was an Interpid Monarch 66 in 1967 in that wonderful salmon pink colour. But due the inevitable line groove caused by casting every 5 minutes, youthful impatience, it had to go. I bought an Ambidex Match @ £6 15s, a fortune when you consider I was earning £1 2s from my paper round. My nans Marchall Ward catalogue came to the rescue, payment over 6 months. I still have the reel but it has not been used for a while. I did purchase a mint Monarch a few years ago purely for nostalgic purposes.

Intrepid Prince Regent for my follow on reel, then 2 Mitchell 324’s.

My first reel was a pink K. P. Morrit's TruSpin. Luckily, I skipped the Black Prince (or, luckier still, a Boy'O) and made the quantum leap to a Prince Regent, once my trusty TruSpin developed the dreaded bail groove.

Both of the above were partnered by a long-lost 10' rod of two black-laquered whole cane sections and a green solid glass tip. It was probably dreadful, but nevertheless my most treasured childood possession.

The first reel I bought myself was a brown Daiwa (possibly of the same forgotten nomenclature as Coral Maestro's, although 7300 rings a distant bell?).

My dalliance with Intrepids was not entirely over though. I was immensely proud of my subsequent Super Twin.

John, I too had a two piece whole cane black painted fibreglass tip rod, my glass was white though.
Whippings were bright red.