Yeah, the infamous Mitchell 300! My first reel bought back in 1975! Used it on various rods. I bought spare spools and filled them with quality lines ranging in weights from 4lbs to 10lbs. Mounted the reel on various rods as I learned more about fishing for bass, trout and various sunfish. I took the best of care with that work horse over the decades. Had to replace a few parts along the way. I finally retired it two years ago(2017)and bought a 308. The build quality of the newer ones is not as good as the reels produced from the 50’s through the early 2000’s. But still good reels. You can’t go wrong with these! If you find more and have a reliable source for parts, by all means, buy them! Tight lines and support Catch and Release for future fisherman.

Excellent spinning reel! I bought my first one in 1974 and used it on an old Mitchell spinning rod. Fished for trout. That was before I really learned about all things fishing. I still have that reel but have retired it. I have recently purchased two new ones, of which the quality is slightly less than the original reel was. I have spooled one in 10lb mono and paired it with a 7’ Medium action Fenwick spinning rod. This rig is for bass and cats.The other is spooled up with 6lb mono and is paired up with an 8’ Medium action Fenwick spinning rod that I use for crappie. When I met my fishing mentor back in ‘81, he took me to a fantastic lake in San Diego County, Ca, Lake Henshaw. Back then, I had my old Mitchell 300 mounted on a 7’ Medium Abu Garcia rod. That day, I caught my very first bucketmouth, cats and crappie fishing a sliding sinker on 8lb mono, #4 bronze Aberdeen hook and inflated nightcrawlers for bait, hooked in the nose end between the tip and the “band” about 1/4” in from the tip. Inflate the tail with a small gauge insulin syringe if you can get them. If you use a traditional “worm blower”, the hole is too big and the air eventually leaks out quickly. No pun intended but I was hooked! Been a true student of fish and fishing every since. Fished from California to Florida and several places in between including BASS Tournaments in So. California, up the West Coast as far as into Canada and the East Coast from S Carolina to the Southern tip of Florida. Mitchel 300’s are always along on the trips. The other reels I really like are the older Penn’s, the gold anodized ones. I have a full size range(7 reels) but we’ve moved several times and now I can’t find them! They must be in an unpacked box in my garage. But still, you can’t beat a Mitchell. Hint: to give them, or any reel, more versatility, buy a few extra spools from the manufacturer and spool them with different line weights. That way, you can quickly change line weights and use the same rod. No need to have a lot of rods matched with reels spooled up in various line weights! If you stick with a quality brand 7’ to 7.5’ Med Action rod, you can pull this off. Tight lines 🎣