Thanks for the replies. Yes Bill your information is very helpful and appreciated. Bailarm thanks for the reply. I think my original post was written badly, sorry! My reference to the anti reverse mechanism is distinct from the spools questions, but it perhaps does not read like that. My mention of ...

Thank you for the welcome! Re the spools, I suspect they have been mixed and matched through the years. The metal large capacity ones are probably the best made ones but they do take an insane amount of line! I have a collection of reels of various manufacturers- nothing outstandingly rare but all g...

Hello, been dabbling with a collection of 300’s and extra spools given to me- super reels dated from mid 50’s to mid 70’s and all functional after tune up etc. They were well used but only one fault could I find and that was in one where the anti reverse clicks but slips. Anyway there was quite a va...

Stunning. I’ve so much respect for someone who would make something like this because they obviously felt Mitchell reels were worth it!