Mitchell Reel Forum

anyone have information about this 498X pro version? I own the classic carbon, pro africa, and millennium but I can't find any references for this livery.
Thanks!
Simone.

Hello Simone most unusual all I can presume it's a carbon paint effect that went slightly wrong and found it's way out of the factory . Regards.

Is there any printing on the spool?? Mitchell made " marbleized " reels in 2000 to celebrate that year. Made for only 1 year. My picture has 498X printed on the spool with dots. Could be one of the 1st made and then Mitchell decided to put writing on the spool. Pretty rare reel, congratulations.....
Kim

No printing on spool or rotor by the looks but my point was it looks like a streaky version of the carbon weave affect paint finish .

The reel next to the Pro Africa is the one in my book that Dennis released. Big difference in the pattern. May have been a test model or an employee experimented on their own time. Nice looking reel that raises more questions than answers. I have another book that I can check later to see if it is in there...........
Kim


Also, I noticed that the reel you mention, the moveable line pick-up has the same pattern as the rest of the reel. Since it is a separate piece of the reel and the pattern is the same, the pattern had to been deliberately made, IMHO...........

Plus, any serial number on the reel???

Hi Kim I agree paint finish is consistent in Simone,s picture.
By the way the 2 reels pictured are the exact reels pictured in DR,s book I purchased from his personal collection. Cheers