Mitchell Half Bail Reel

[monynut 2]

Not sure if this is the place for this, anyway l purchased in an auction today a couple of mitchell reels 1 being a half bail reel no sooner had the hammer dropped this guy came over and said it was not a common reel and could be worth a bit it has a number on the handle, so does anyone here know the value or maybe where l can find a value, looked on fleabay not much help realy, there is a mitchell museum with a forum but thought l would ask here first before l go through the hasle of registering, cheers in advance.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Half bail click

 

More

 

TC

Edited August 11, 2013 by tiercel

[paulus 26]

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

[walshie 2,804]

I think, but I'm not 100%, they were the 302 model. 300 was normal, 301 left handed, 302 half bail arm.

 

Then again it was a long time ago.

[billybaltic 308]

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

I was over the moon with the first one of them i got, felt like i could catch bigger and better fish.

[paulus 26]

 

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

I was over the moon with the first one of them i got, felt like i could catch bigger and better fish.

 

i had one but could never get on with it i preferred the ABU506

[northern lad 2,292]

 

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

I was over the moon with the first one of them i got, felt like i could catch bigger and better fish.

 

Used to have a pair of them ,twinned with the awesome power of my 10ft Normark Black Medallion 1 3/4 test curve rods,thought I was Rod Hutchinson Used to be a common sound in the 80s,the flapping of the bale arm on the 300s and 410s mid cast as the spring failed

[the_stig 6,614]

Not sure if this is the place for this, anyway l purchased in an auction today a couple of mitchell reels 1 being a half bail reel no sooner had the hammer dropped this guy came over and said it was not a common reel and could be worth a bit it has a number on the handle, so does anyone here know the value or maybe where l can find a value, looked on fleabay not much help realy, there is a mitchell museum with a forum but thought l would ask here first before l go through the hasle of registering, cheers in advance.

why didn't he buy it

[monynut 2]

Half bail click

 

More

 

TC

Cheers for that.

 

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

No, got 1 of them l got it many moons ago when l was realy into fishing, great reel love using it

 

 

Not sure if this is the place for this, anyway l purchased in an auction today a couple of mitchell reels 1 being a half bail reel no sooner had the hammer dropped this guy came over and said it was not a common reel and could be worth a bit it has a number on the handle, so does anyone here know the value or maybe where l can find a value, looked on fleabay not much help realy, there is a mitchell museum with a forum but thought l would ask here first before l go through the hasle of registering, cheers in advance.

why didn't he buy it

 

Not sure, l got the impession he was an out and out fisherman not a collector who just knew his stuff

Edited August 12, 2013 by monynut

[AirgunGuy 362]

 

 

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

 

I was over the moon with the first one of them i got, felt like i could catch bigger and better fish.

Used to have a pair of them ,twinned with the awesome power of my 10ft Normark Black Medallion 1 3/4 test curve rods,thought I was Rod Hutchinson Used to be a common sound in the 80s,the flapping of the bale arm on the 300s and 410s mid cast as the spring failed

Aye...my old man had a few of these in the 70's and early 80's. Screws always coming loose and shite springs in the bail arm. He had loads of bits for them...still got them I think. Takes me back to when I was a boy the old Mitchell 300's and 310. Then the Cardinal 55 came out and we all thought it was the dogs ;-) Edited August 12, 2013 by AirgunGuy

[AirgunGuy 362]

is it not the mitchell match with the auto bail arm

Was the Mitchell Match not blue in colour with a shallow spool if memory serves???

[northern lad 2,292]

The Mitchell Match was in light blue or dark blue Model 440A,Cardinal 55....the stuff of wet dreams in the eighties

[paulus 26]

The Mitchell Match was in light blue or dark blue Model 440A,Cardinal 55....the stuff of wet dreams in the eighties

as were bruce and walker rods but sadly i had to settle with the winfield range from woolworths also boyo and intredpid delux reels

[northern lad 2,292]

 

The Mitchell Match was in light blue or dark blue Model 440A,Cardinal 55....the stuff of wet dreams in the eighties

as were bruce and walker rods but sadly i had to settle with the winfield range from woolworths also boyo and intredpid delux reels

Had a cracking Bruce and Walker rod mid eighties,took some right stick for buying it .... because it had a full cork handle ,not "abbreviated duplon" sadly it lost a fight with my old fellas Astra when he closed the boot lid on it

[paulus 26]

 

 

The Mitchell Match was in light blue or dark blue Model 440A,Cardinal 55....the stuff of wet dreams in the eighties

as were bruce and walker rods but sadly i had to settle with the winfield range from woolworths also boyo and intredpid delux reels

Had a cracking Bruce and Walker rod mid eighties,took some right stick for buying it .... because it had a full cork handle ,not "abbreviated duplon" sadly it lost a fight with my old fellas Astra when he closed the boot lid on it

 

i had one in the early `s, can not for the life of me remember the model now. it has a step down in the fibre glass about six inch down from the end of the handle i also had a 4 piece 18ft rod