Great great grandfathers tackle box
Dec 29, 2019 17:01:50 #
Pmetscher
Loc: Roseville, CA
Hey just recieved as a gift this old wooden tackle box. Has some COOL old lures and reels in it. Wooden crank baits and all. All in pristine condition. Got this old reel as well can anyone tell me about it?
Dec 29, 2019 17:11:50 #
You have a Mitchell 300. An excellent reel. Have it restored and it will still be one of the best.
Dec 29, 2019 17:14:06 #
You're going to hear more about that old reel than you can believe. I'll be the first - that is the first reel I ever purchased back in 1964 for a trip to the Boundary Waters up in Minnesota/Ontario. Great memories. I used it til I went in the Navy in 1968 and then one of my nephews took it over and for all I know he's still using it.
Dec 29, 2019 17:15:05 #
Dec 29, 2019 17:17:44 #
One of the classics we've been talking about this week on here. Garcia Mitchell 300. Made in France prolly. All the old ones are. Great reel. A lot of us here still have and use one like it. Wish they still made them like that.
Dec 29, 2019 17:19:30 #
Pmetscher
Loc: Roseville, CA
This reel works perfectly and is in wonderful condition. Also got a very old fly rod and reel and a metal fishing pole of all things.
Dec 29, 2019 17:24:03 #
Hey Spirit, Pmet lives right over there by you . Y'all should get together and go fish Collins.
Dec 29, 2019 17:25:19 #
Dec 29, 2019 17:27:46 #
I had a spring steel bait casting rod when I was a kid. I still have two Mitchell 300s (60s vintage) on backup rods.
Dec 29, 2019 17:41:35 #
GlennMc928
Loc: Tualatin OR
That in a Mitchell 300 spinning reel I used to have a bunch of them and they work as good as today’s expensive reels only they never break.
Dec 29, 2019 17:50:05 #
Dec 29, 2019 18:10:34 #
Jplovich
Loc: Gillespie Illinois near St. Louis MO.
I still have one like new.
Will have to use it this coming year.
Will have to use it this coming year.
Dec 29, 2019 18:31:32 #
MITCH
Loc: Pensacola, Florida
Old Mitchell 300, probably the top freshwater reel made. Was made in France and just for your info, it spools backwards from current reels. You can also get bail springs on e-bay last I saw a couple months ago. Refurbish that one and you can pass that one on several more times. Wish I still had mine!!
Dec 29, 2019 18:39:05 #
fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
MITCH wrote:
Old Mitchell 300, probably the top freshwater reel made. Was made in France and just for your info, it spools backwards from current reels. You can also get bail springs on e-bay last I saw a couple months ago. Refurbish that one and you can pass that one on several more times. Wish I still had mine!!
Very good reel. Almost indestructible. The only part that ever seems to fail are the bail springs and I understand you can still get them.
Dec 29, 2019 18:41:04 #
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