In reply to Post #119
That takes me back - first reel was an Intrepid Black Prince. I seem to recall that the bail arm didn't have a roller and the line would eventually cut a groove and snap.
Got a Gallion 12R after that to go on my Pegley-Davis carp rod - all bought from the Anglers Den in Gillingham.
That takes me back - first reel was an Intrepid Black Prince. I seem to recall that the bail arm didn't have a roller and the line would eventually cut a groove and snap.
Got a Gallion 12R after that to go on my Pegley-Davis carp rod - all bought from the Anglers Den in Gillingham.
In reply to Post #120
I had the super xl alarms with the bitech sounder box, how mamy times did I or people walking past trip over the wire 🤣🤣
Still have then and they work!!
I had the super xl alarms with the bitech sounder box, how mamy times did I or people walking past trip over the wire 🤣🤣
Still have then and they work!!
In reply to Post #124
Everyone of a certain age started with an intrepid black prince.
My next reels were an intrepid new deluxe, mitchell 320, mitchell 300, mitchell 4430, abu 501/506, daiwa bite and run, shimano aero 6010, etc...
Everyone of a certain age started with an intrepid black prince.
My next reels were an intrepid new deluxe, mitchell 320, mitchell 300, mitchell 4430, abu 501/506, daiwa bite and run, shimano aero 6010, etc...
In reply to Post #124
Gallion 12R, was that a little green reel? I think that rings a bell.
Gallion 12R, was that a little green reel? I think that rings a bell.
I've got more than a passing interest in Mitchell reels,..anyway Galion reels were made and marketed by Mitchell..
For further info check out Wallace Carney and the Mitchell reel museum online,it's a very ,very interesting site,,I haven't looked at it for a while but if you like old skool, real old skool,check it out..
I still use Mitchell to this day,one very special reel given to me by Ruggles,on here who has passed and another version garcia Mitchell 300..
So people think the 300 series are the same as I have a 1956,version 5,....3.0.0..these are much nicer than later versions in my humble opinion..I'm a user,not a collector, I believe tackle should be used,some others are pure collector, and they just sit in a box..
Anyone got a 330 ,ottomatic,pm me..!
For further info check out Wallace Carney and the Mitchell reel museum online,it's a very ,very interesting site,,I haven't looked at it for a while but if you like old skool, real old skool,check it out..
I still use Mitchell to this day,one very special reel given to me by Ruggles,on here who has passed and another version garcia Mitchell 300..
So people think the 300 series are the same as I have a 1956,version 5,....3.0.0..these are much nicer than later versions in my humble opinion..I'm a user,not a collector, I believe tackle should be used,some others are pure collector, and they just sit in a box..
Anyone got a 330 ,ottomatic,pm me..!
In reply to Post #126
I had a Black Prince too
And a slightly bigger version was it a "Extra or Ultra"? Dark brown paint job off memory?
I had a Black Prince too
And a slightly bigger version was it a "Extra or Ultra"? Dark brown paint job off memory?
In reply to Post #127
My Gallion was blue
My Gallion was blue
In reply to Post #129
Same here, intrepid Prince Royal think it was too
I had some hand me down stuff from my granddad years ago, wicker basket, reels as mentioned, an old brown Daiwa reel too, tried to find one since and cannot, I also had some split cane rods, one with a fibreglass tip which I used for a while until the handle broke
Mitchell's were a bit of a game changer, remember my mate getting his first one, nice and smooth and the line lay was superb at the time
Same here, intrepid Prince Royal think it was too
I had some hand me down stuff from my granddad years ago, wicker basket, reels as mentioned, an old brown Daiwa reel too, tried to find one since and cannot, I also had some split cane rods, one with a fibreglass tip which I used for a while until the handle broke
Mitchell's were a bit of a game changer, remember my mate getting his first one, nice and smooth and the line lay was superb at the time
In reply to Post #70
I still have my set of 3 Parsons alarm but I've not used them for 10+ years.
I still have my set of 3 Parsons alarm but I've not used them for 10+ years.
In reply to Post #131
I remember Mitchell's became the “Must have Reel”, I use a pair of 301's most of the time on some vintage Hardy Palakonia's
Great fun, but you have to be much more careful – no line clips on the spools, line very prone to going behind the spools if you dare to allow any slack, and the clutches are bloody terrible! But that's all part of the appeal for using vintage gear.
I remember Mitchell's became the “Must have Reel”, I use a pair of 301's most of the time on some vintage Hardy Palakonia's
Great fun, but you have to be much more careful – no line clips on the spools, line very prone to going behind the spools if you dare to allow any slack, and the clutches are bloody terrible! But that's all part of the appeal for using vintage gear.
In reply to Post #126
My first fixed spool was a Mitchell with a claw bale arm. I was aged 5 and this was given to me along with a three piece cane rod (the tip section was glass) after my dad purchased me a fishing kit from woolies that had a solid cane rod, a clickety tin fixed spool, yellow cotton line (no not braid), a bubble float and a hook about 2/0. My old man knew zilch about angling whereas my grandad (know locally a Popeye due to his size, a bailiff for the BAA on the Worcester - Birmingham canal around Alvechurch) knew alot. The area around Birmingham was the crucible of english match fishing in the 60's, Ken Giles lived just up the road whilst the brilliant Sheila Morton lived nearby too. I spent three weeks in the summer holiday every year there and loved it.
Anyway I took this fishing kit up to my Grandads having used it once only on my local Hawley lake and somehow caught a small Perch. My old man took me and couldn't wait to go back home. We got to Alvechurch and my old many told me to show my Grandad my new fishing gear which I was truly dreading. I got it out and showed it to him. Without a word he took it from me, beckoned to my dad that he follow him and they went out of the door. I never saw that junk again. My old man never mentioned fishing ever again and I had carte blanche to get on my bike and go wherever I wanted to.
My grandad then gave me this rod and reel which I used for a number of years. I wish I knew what had happened to that reel. The following day we went to Redditch where he stocked me up on proper line, hook to nylon, shot etc.
One of the best things of this interchange was what happened to my dad. There he was, 6ft of muscle (ex Royal Marine, ex SBS) looking very sheepish with this tiny man built out of matchsticks. Small he may have been but he was a tough bugger - invalided out of WW1 with gas poisoning at Ypres in 1915 - he was in the RGA, smoked roll ups his entire life and died aged 83. Legend. Still have some of the floats he used to make somewhere. He just loved his Roach fishing.
Many of the manufacturers names from that period are almost forgotten I reckon. The tackle shop in Redditch was an Aladdin's cave. The nearest I ever came across after that was the original Raisons in Park Rd Farnborough that had so much old gear it was a museum. Fabulous. The sport lost a lot when these establishments modernised in my opinion. You could visit these places and see so much mad gear. The Tippet float springs to mind and another one that informed you you had had a bite after the event so if you had to take a call of nature, when you returned you could see very clearly something had happened. Daft but fun.
My first fixed spool was a Mitchell with a claw bale arm. I was aged 5 and this was given to me along with a three piece cane rod (the tip section was glass) after my dad purchased me a fishing kit from woolies that had a solid cane rod, a clickety tin fixed spool, yellow cotton line (no not braid), a bubble float and a hook about 2/0. My old man knew zilch about angling whereas my grandad (know locally a Popeye due to his size, a bailiff for the BAA on the Worcester - Birmingham canal around Alvechurch) knew alot. The area around Birmingham was the crucible of english match fishing in the 60's, Ken Giles lived just up the road whilst the brilliant Sheila Morton lived nearby too. I spent three weeks in the summer holiday every year there and loved it.
Anyway I took this fishing kit up to my Grandads having used it once only on my local Hawley lake and somehow caught a small Perch. My old man took me and couldn't wait to go back home. We got to Alvechurch and my old many told me to show my Grandad my new fishing gear which I was truly dreading. I got it out and showed it to him. Without a word he took it from me, beckoned to my dad that he follow him and they went out of the door. I never saw that junk again. My old man never mentioned fishing ever again and I had carte blanche to get on my bike and go wherever I wanted to.
My grandad then gave me this rod and reel which I used for a number of years. I wish I knew what had happened to that reel. The following day we went to Redditch where he stocked me up on proper line, hook to nylon, shot etc.
One of the best things of this interchange was what happened to my dad. There he was, 6ft of muscle (ex Royal Marine, ex SBS) looking very sheepish with this tiny man built out of matchsticks. Small he may have been but he was a tough bugger - invalided out of WW1 with gas poisoning at Ypres in 1915 - he was in the RGA, smoked roll ups his entire life and died aged 83. Legend. Still have some of the floats he used to make somewhere. He just loved his Roach fishing.
Many of the manufacturers names from that period are almost forgotten I reckon. The tackle shop in Redditch was an Aladdin's cave. The nearest I ever came across after that was the original Raisons in Park Rd Farnborough that had so much old gear it was a museum. Fabulous. The sport lost a lot when these establishments modernised in my opinion. You could visit these places and see so much mad gear. The Tippet float springs to mind and another one that informed you you had had a bite after the event so if you had to take a call of nature, when you returned you could see very clearly something had happened. Daft but fun.
In reply to Post #133
Mitchell's for me too, 300 and then 410.
I've just started using some old rods (Tony Fordham carbon Kevlar 1lb test) and they still have the matchsticks that I taped to the butts as rudimentary run clips to stop those Mitchell's back winding!!
Mitchell's for me too, 300 and then 410.
I've just started using some old rods (Tony Fordham carbon Kevlar 1lb test) and they still have the matchsticks that I taped to the butts as rudimentary run clips to stop those Mitchell's back winding!!
Mitchell and Abu reels were great and top of my Christmas list when I was younger. I still use reels from both for a range of fishing (including a wonderful Abu multiplier for sea trips)
Bought a lovely new Mitchell recently too.
Love them.
Bought a lovely new Mitchell recently too.
Love them.
East Anglian Rod company.
In reply to Post #134
Great story
Great story