I shall have a Mitchell 300 type reel on my table at Romsey tomorrow.
As far as I know it's the only one in the UK. Let's see if anyone can work out what it is. I've had it in its box for five years or so and just confirmed yesterday what it is.
Mystery Mitchell reel
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How intriguing, 
I look forward to seeing it .
I look forward to seeing it .-
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How strange, my original post has disappeared but clearly it was there once. It was thus:
I shall have a Mitchell 300 type reel on my table at Romsey tomorrow.
As far as I know it's the only one in the UK. Let's see if anyone can work out what it is. I've had it in its box for five years or so and just confirmed yesterday what it is.
I shall have a Mitchell 300 type reel on my table at Romsey tomorrow.
As far as I know it's the only one in the UK. Let's see if anyone can work out what it is. I've had it in its box for five years or so and just confirmed yesterday what it is.
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What a mystery, your original post is still there . I wonder where it went!
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No, she's completely Frwipped.
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Can’t wait. I hope you’ll reveal all for those who can’t make Romney.
Oh to be at my “Happy Place” where nothing matters but the being there.
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Re: Mystery Mitchell reel
What I had has been on the shelf for 5 years, left just as it arrived; a Mitchell reel with great glossy paint on the body but rather poorer paint on the rotor.
The handle had 'France' stamped on it and I thought it just might be a half bail reel that had been upgraded to a full bail with a Garcia 808 kit, something I've always wanted for the collection.
It was a bit stiff to turn so I decided it must come apart. It was full of some spray on grease that had set like stone and took days to get out. The baffle had France on and so did the balance weight in the rotor.
I now know, thanks to George Saul that this reel was made in February 1953 and that full bails weren't in the shops until December that year in the U.S.
So I am now certain it is a converted reel the kit for which was only available through Garcia in the U.S. I doubt there's another one in Europe.
The one man who I thought might guess what it was did indeed guess right and he bought it.
The handle had 'France' stamped on it and I thought it just might be a half bail reel that had been upgraded to a full bail with a Garcia 808 kit, something I've always wanted for the collection.
It was a bit stiff to turn so I decided it must come apart. It was full of some spray on grease that had set like stone and took days to get out. The baffle had France on and so did the balance weight in the rotor.
I now know, thanks to George Saul that this reel was made in February 1953 and that full bails weren't in the shops until December that year in the U.S.
So I am now certain it is a converted reel the kit for which was only available through Garcia in the U.S. I doubt there's another one in Europe.
The one man who I thought might guess what it was did indeed guess right and he bought it.