Mitchell Reel Forum

Kim,
I have never owned a 314, so I checked the schematics. It looks like part 81158 will work on 300s,308s,314s, so my buddy may have a 314 drag knob on his 358. I'll see if I can get a pic of it.

Ted Lanham

Wallace,
A solid gold reel would be amazing, and worth a pretty penny!
Regards,
Ted Lanham

Dries,
Well, it looks like someone took a 314 drag knob and put it on his 358. I assume it fits.
Dries thanks for the help.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Dries, I opened a post a couple weeks ago that I deleted because I wanted to get the serial number from a green handled ,green drag knob Mitchell 358 that a friend has. Would this this European connection also apply. I'm just curious, because all the 358s I seen didn't have the green drag knob. Coul...

RSG, Here's a belated :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. I owned a 900 a long time ago, but stayed with the 300s which are both general purpose reels. I used the 300 for everything from large catfish to trout. The 906 would compare to the 306/406 for heavy fresh water and light salt...

Glen,
Just one finger typing and hit the wrong one. Maybe, I start using a different finger.

Ted

Gmen,
Great question! Wallace did say "other unique adjustments".

Ted Lanham

Bill, Thanks for the help on this spool question. Since I never owned a first version Mitchell, I never dreamed that the middle spool might have been from a 1st version. I can only assume that, perhaps, those spools were early carryovers into 2nd versions. Of course, over the years I may have gotten...

Mates, This bail "snipping" thing has been my mind this weekend. I understand these reels being created for just displays, but it seems another method of display could have accommodated not doing that. Maybe, it's just an obsession of mine. I get over it. It's just a fishing reel, just a r...

Altposaune, I don't have any 2nd and 3rd versions anymore, but I was able to locate some early spools that may help with your spool question. I'm hoping this picture will help. I believe the oldest is on the left with part of the clicker spring missing. The next two are newer with the 3rd version on...

Altposaune, :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. Sorry, I didn't respond to the same question you posted yesterday, but I had to check my reference. Both the 2nd and the 3rd versions large capacity spools had six screws. I believe that there were different spring configurations betwee...

Wallace,
It's not really important, I guess, for a display piece. Maybe, Garcia just didn't want those presentation reels used for fishing.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Allan,
I didn't notice that on the silver one till you mentioned it. The white one is complete, so the others must be. ??????

Ted Lanham

Mates, I was just admiring the gold Mitchell 300 when I noticed something about the bail. It appears that either the bail goes into the backing that the reel sets in , or that part of the bail is missing. I'm sure hope that's not the case , but additional pictures may clear this mystery up. Any body...

WOW!!! Man, the "White Lady" and the gold plated Mitchell 300 are story book reels. I have seen pictures of a silver 300 along with a couple other specials in Wallace's book, but never set eyes on anything about the white and gold plated 300's that were presented to Lenk. When I first saw ...

don309,
Seven fish from a hole with "no fish". That's fantastic. :text-coolphotos:

Ted Lanham

Regular_reel, I've checked out a couple videos about these money climbers, and I think I see their value. Many years ago, I did my share of carp fishing with corn and Wheaties doughballs. We never used anything so sophisticated as those monkey climbers. We just always kept the line between our finge...

Regular-reel, I checked out your link, and it sounds like Mr. Wilson had quite a long and successful career that allowed many others to enjoy his many fishing experiences. Back in the day, a show titled " The American Sportsman" gave me the same joys every Sunday. Especially, when the weat...

Regular_reel, :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. Living here in the States, I had never heard of John Wilson till your post, so I checked YouTube and found one of his videos. In this video, he was using, at least, one Mitchell Prince 308. I say this because in one shot you could see...

Weemsy, Since I had never run across a Mitchell GR60, I've been waiting to see if any of the other mates had any information. Since it has been several days without a response, I'd say there was none to be had. If in the future you have any other questions about Mitchell reels, give us another chanc...

Dries,
Now, that is something special!

Ted Lanham

jdanneo54 , :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. I believe that the newer faceplate with the straight a/r lever will work on a 60's era 300. I have a bunch of the used faceplates, somewhere, in my garage that I could do a search for one that has the older boomerang lever, but it might...

spenna,

to the Mitchell Reel Museum.

I never owned any of the large Mitchell reels, except a few 302's, but based on a search of the internet, I found that the 498s had a retractable bail arm on their various models after 1992.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Rocky,
Great looking bunch of Mitchells you have there. You can tell from the pics you take awesome care of your stuff.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Mates, Usually, the first thing I check in the morning is the Museum to see if any idiots have plugged some stupid spam in the forums, so if it's either very late at night, or early in the morning before I get up you might see the stuff for a little while. Then I will delete it. If it's up for what ...

rock66ss, :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. I don't believe there has been a definite explanation for just a single alpha character on a Mitchell reel seat. There has been some speculation that it was some sort of mark made the maker of the the reel body. As far as serial numbers, ...

Lealand fisherman, According to my reference material, the "Made in France" was moved to the rear of the the housing around 1960. The the anti-reverse lever style was kept till around 1962 so I'd say you reel with no serial number was a sixth version reel made between 1960 and 1962. As alw...

Leland fisherman, :text-welcomeconfetti: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. :banana-dance: :banana-dance: The earliest model Mitchells, usually half-bails models, didn't have serial numbers. Then as demand grew Mitchell started putting serial numbers on the back of the reel body. They can be very hard to ...

Fishabout,
Congratulations, that's a great looking reel. Are you going to fish it?

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Duloe,

to the Mitchell reel Museum.
I'm sure one of our mates will be able to help out here, but I understand "Mer" translates to "Salt", and I found a pic of something like what your talking about. I have never seen this before.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Baron2, The 300 wrench screwdriver will do the job, and it fits the side plate pretty tight, but if the screws are really tight it can be tough to get them loose without damaging the screws. Early on, I got a about a 6 inch craftsman screwdriver and ground the blade down to where it fit the screws p...

Mates,
I was just curious, so I did a search for part 82424, and the only thing I found was a site that had a strange name, maybe Asia, that claimed they had one. Even checked completed sales on ebay. It sounds like those are going the same way that of new 300 faceplate screws.

Ted Lanham

richie7799us, We used to have schematics here on the Museum till all that was lost, for now, but if you google "Mitchell 308 schematics" one of the first results is for Mike's reel repair. You can find what you need there, but you need to watch out for the reels that have a "5" o...

Peterross, on antiques :text-welcomewave: to the Mitchell Reel Museum. I have never tried to do a decent job of painting a 300, so I've been waiting for one of the mates that are into that to give you an answer. Most of those guys strip the reels of all paint and redo the whole reel, but I've never ...

Dries,
Absolutely, and good eating too.

Ted Lanham

Rockape52,
I've seen a lot of pictures of the Quartz 330 Gold, but that one I hadn't seen that much of. Were they just sold in France/England? I can't understand quartz in watches, but in fishing reels?

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Rockape52, I think you were lucky to find someone that had a copy of the schematic you needed since most of the mates here are into the older model Mitchells. It must have been an owner of one, since I did take a look on the net and couldn't find even one. By the way :text-welcomewave: to the Mitche...

Chris,
It's never ceases to amaze me what can be found on the internet. I did a quick search, and there were several available. Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Simone,
Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

Ted Lanham

don309,
Beautiful job.

Ted Lanham

Chris,
Great job. I knew, from previous MRM post that there were several differences, but I completely either forgot, or didn't recall about the original being a one piece box. That's is a real give away.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Fishabout,
I'd second Bailarm on the dating. That's a goodun.

Ted Lanham

Simone, There was a guy from Canada, if recall correctly, that sold a bunch of 300DL copies. Not original. I've seen them go for close to $200 US. My opinion is that sometimes you can tell that corrugated cardboard was used to make some of these replica boxes and that I don't believe that was used o...

Christian,
It is easy to see, that fisherman loved his Mitchells. That is a treasure.

Ted Lanham

Fishabout,
Amazing find. A real treasure.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Bonaventure, It's a shame that it has become so costly to ship between the US and Canada. I feel your pain. I've run into a couple of guys from just North of the border that use friends on this side to get their stuff then they visit their friends. I guess that just works if you're close to the bord...

Schrack,
If your reel matches the one pictured at viewtopic.php?f=5&t=57&sid=84dc1fbf8809 ... 08f2959ff4 then you have the reel they are discussing. It's a good one either to set on a shelf, or fish.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Fishabout,

Looks great. I love the color.

Ted Lanham

Baron2, I'm not sure one could get a consensus of what to look for when buying reels. Fishabout covered ebay buying pretty well, especially it's good to study photos, and ask for more if there aren't many. As for flea markets, I always carried a old rag in my pocket to, specifically, wipe the crap o...

Schrack,
Did you compare yours to Simone's on his post? viewtopic.php?f=5&t=57&sid=84dc1fbf8809 ... 08f2959ff4

Ted Lanham

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