Mitchell Reel Forum

Being one of the 12 recipients of this book, I am lucky to have it at home. Dennis was a great man with whom I exchanged many messages on the internet, unfortunately without ever meeting him physically. The site he hosted in collaboration with Luc de Medts and Larry Carlucci was a remarkable source ...

Hello Bill, Below is the origin of the photos of the 300A advertisements, Seven are from the annual Mitchell catalogs and one from leaflets published by CAP for Mitchell 1979: only marked Mitchell with the round blue and silver logo 1980: Mitchell with writing made up of dots. Mitchell SA Thiez Clus...

1983 and 1984

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1986

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1987

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1988

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1979

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1980

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1981, idem 82

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1983

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Hello Bill Below are my answers 1) white painted spool on aluminum alloy - red seal 2) red seal, the only one I have with a black seal is a 301A garcia # H163? 04 bought from Ebay USA many years ago 3) aluminum alloy spool with red seal 4) M8 ?, I don't know how to number the reels or gears so I don...

Hello Bill, Attached a photo on which we can see the evolution of the models: last 300 garcia and three first 300A. I specify that these are reels and for three of their box sold in France, the only ones I can talk about. From left to right : 1: 300 garcia in box, insert yellow with text written in ...

Hello Bill, I had not seen this discussion, at the time it started I was on vacation at the sea. I have two reels that you might be interested in, a garcia 300 and a garcia 300A made 30 days apart. The first has the SN G234408 (08/22/1977) and the second G2645209 (09/21/1977). So one of the last 300...

Hello, The Quartz reel series is on the catalog (sea 3 photos) and on the Service After Sale of 1997. These reels were sold in France. In UK I don't know. A K7 advertising video intended for sellers was also distributed the same year (photo attached of this K7 that I have): advertisement of about tw...

Hello Simone, Sorry, but I don't have the answer to your questions. I did not know that someone had been able to buy the reels that were in the window, probably someone who was well regarded by the managers. Hello John, You're right, not much on the web. The windows in the photo show only a small am...

Hello,
Attached is a schematics of the 330 Quartz reel from March 1996 (SAV 1997)
Good luck with the restoration.
Best regards
CL

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Hello, I have two other reels with the characteristics of "Pilot" but they do not have a serial number. One of the two with the metal crank handle, the short foot. The second has the classic crank handle and the long leg. The short foot is found on the 3rd models without SN and on some SN ...

Hello John, Madame Florence Poirier replied to my message. Unfortunately, she does not know the date and place where the photos were taken, but she thinks the deduction from the 1960s is probable. She told me that we can cite the Exhibition from which the photos and other documents are taken. Best r...

Hello Chris, Thank you for posting the pictures of the 808 kit. The indication "FRANCE" is not in the same place as that of my rotating head which is also different from that of the kit. I always ask myself the question: what does the word "PILOT" mean in relation to a prototype ...

Hello Bill and Bonanza,

Thank you for your feedback.
I have indicated the creation of the UL spool, attached a photo of an April 1954 Mitchell ad announcing this spool.
Best regards,
Christian

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Hello Simone,
Yes N°7 inside inside housing.
best regards,
Christian

Hello simone Thank you for posting this image which shows that the rotating head is not the same as mine I have another 4th model which in my opinion is older than the pilot, with additional characteristics, but on the old site the specialists told me that it was not a pilot because it was not had n...

I forgot to put the year 1954

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Attached is a copy of the page on type 300 reels from the first ten catalogs that I have.
Best regards,
Christian

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Hello,

By posting these pictures I wanted to pay tribute to a person who undoubtedly knew the value of the work of the workers at Mitchell.
Christian

Hello More than twenty years ago, my daughter and my son-in-law bought me at a flea market a wooden box in which there were two Mitchell reels, a 4th model and a 300. This box has undoubtedly been made very meticulously and by craftsmanship by a fisherman who respects his equipment while protecting ...

Hello,

Attached are two photos of two rotating heads with the same details as those shown by Bailarm.
The reels have serial number B33887 and B97950.
The rotatind head of the B97950 is in my opinion rarer, indication "FRANCE".
Best regards,
Christian

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Hello Fishabout, Beautiful reel with its box. The 906 was produced in 78,377 copies from 1977 to 1985 The 907 was produced in 4916 units from 1978 to 1980 After the Garcia the Browning version had an aluminum spool marked 906 907 Towards the end of production there was the 906 bronze Best regards, C...

Hello Glen, I think you are confusing two reels, the 2250RD and the 2550RD. The 2250RD was produced in 60,414 units from 1983 to 1986 (83/151 - 84/28257 - 85/19406 - 86/12600). The 2550RD was produced in 3,520 units in 1986. I don't have the data above 1986. Enclosed a photo of the 1984 SAV Best reg...

Hello John, This afternoon I got a response from the Cluses Museum. My message will be sent to Madame Florence Poirier, responsible for the Archives of the city of Cluses, on her return from vacation on September 6th. In addition to the invoices I have a few other Mitchell documents sent to the tack...

Hello Glen,

As long as I am still able to share my knowledge, I will do so, I have less time left than time spent!
Best regards,
CL

Hello,
Attached photo of the exploded view of a full-size Mitchell 300.
Reel serial number 693307.
I made this presentation a few years ago, the colors of the exploded view on paper have faded a little through the light exposure
Best regards,
CL

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Hello, Just a few photos to show the differences between the latest version of the 300A (1988) and the 300 Made in Taiwan. The mechanisms are a little different, some less thick on Taiwan. Note a foundry marking (CY on the body) on the Taiwan, FL on the 300A. Best regards, CL 300A TAIWAN .jpg 300A T...

From 1968 to 1972 I only had invoices issued by La Canne à Pêche , In 1975 and 1976 the invoices were established by Mitchell 16 rue Fabre d´Églantine Paris 75012 Headquarters in Thiez 74. The receipt is stamped "Head Office in Cluses (Hte Savoie)" but the fiscal stamp is stamped Mitchell ...

In March 1966 the invoices were still with the heading Mitchell SA, 33 bd Henry IV Paris but on the payment receipt the fiscal stamp was stamped Mitchell SA 74 Cluses factures0004.jpg factures0005.jpg In July 1966 the invoices were still with the heading Mitchell SA, 33 bd Henry IV Paris but receipt...

Hello John I sent a message to the Cluses Museum asking them if they had any information on the sites and years of the photos taken by the Cluses photographer. Regarding the Mitchell workers, no details on the sex of the workers, It is specified that "it is boys of 20, 25, 30 years who tame the...

Hello,
Another document from the 1962 Mitchell catalog: after sales service with two photos
It is specified that the spare parts would be dispatched within 24 hours and that the repairs will be carried out as quickly as possible (48 hours on average),
Best regards,
CL

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Hello John, Leafing through my binders with the documents sent to fishing merchants, I found two documents that show what you indicate in the photo It is an individual advertising display for the complete Mitchell Diffusion equipment, in this case a set comprising a Mitchell 304, a rod and various o...

Thanks for all the feedback Hello kim The boxes you are asking me for are all Browning-type boxes, boxes that were used after Garcia's disappearance. They are all between 1979 and 1983. In the display they are in two thicknesses so some not visible The reels which are in these boxes are: 204 S - 206...

Hello Ted,
Thanks
CL

Hello, Attached are two photos of the room dedicated to Mitchell. All my reels are not on these two photos, not enough distance to take the walls in their entirety. All my reels are on display, none are in a cupboard or drawer, only spare parts, are stored in these On the back wall (the one with the...

Hello John, Rue de Messy crosses the Messy district well. Attached is a plan of part of this district where there are still two factories: Somfy and Kongsberg Automotive (created in 1918, the former Clusienne watchmaking company turned to the automotive sector in the 1950s before come under the boso...

Hello, Photos from another 1966 fishing magazine on the 10,000,000 Mitchell. The first two of the workshops, the last of the visitors passing from one building to another. To our in the text, the journalist specifies that some workshops were 100 meters long and 80 to 100 meters wide !!. He also spec...

Hello, Photo of the Messy district in Cluses, district where Mitchell had a factory Messy is the first of the outlying districts of Cluses. It emerged from the ground after 1945. It was very sparsely populated (53 inhabitants in 1936) but the arrival of industries and the need for labor led to the c...

Hello Simone,
Another example of a reel with an incorrect engraving: the "R" of Water is missing.
Best regards,
CL

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Hello, Herewith some photos accompanying the text published in a French fishery review in December 1966: "Le 10 000 000 Michell est un 1966" Looks, CL 10 000 0000001.jpg The tutelary factory directly on the Arve stream 10 000 0000002.jpg Very modern factories and workshops of the Carpano &...

Hello,
In addition to Bill's diagrams, herewith is the drawing accompanying the text published in a French fishing magazine in May 1958: the kinematics of the Mitchell reel compared to the usual kinematics of the vast majority of spinning reels.
Looks,
CL

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Hello,
Two other photos of the trucks and coaches (they were used for people who did not live in Cluses)
Looks
CL

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Hello Dries,
Same style of drawing, repairing or maintaining a Mitchell.
The drawing (slightly modified) that I published has undoubtedly been seen by many people it is about twenty years old
CL

Hello,

Does this photo evoke something to former collectors?
Photo from a German magazine from 1955.
CL

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Still in Cluses, Attached photos of a small Mitchell booklet from 1955. Mitchell ad on the back of the small booklet Text "In our streams trout abounds. On site you will equip yourself with the famous Mitchell spinning reel, born in Cluses, built at the Carpano & Pons Establishments" B...

Hello, Attached is the photo of the Mitchell advertising truck. Text reads "Smallest to Biggest Equip you Mitchell" on the side of the truck. So on the advertisement the two types of reels of the time I had already posted this photo on the old MRM site. I think this truck was part of the a...

Hello Chris,
I just looked at what I wrote last on this post, and I see that I was wrong on the first name of the one who replied and posted photos.
Sorry,
CL

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