Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: quang tran on Today at 01:17:37 AMVery nice and some of your reels I never seen .I have some Mitchell 300 but they seem newer model

Thank you, yes, I guess the TJ Harrington reels will be new to a lot of folks here, as I rarely see them for sale outside of the UK.

They were mainly aimed at young anglers or those on a budget during the 50's and 60's, but despite some crude manufacturing here and there, they have a bit of a cool factor to them, for me anyway.

The half bail Omnia in the photo later became a full bail with a bail trip 'wing' on the side and the name was strangely changed to 'Le Omnia, Le Omnia Super and Le Super Omnia, see photo.

Another cool reel was the Bantam, but this is a very hard to find model, the mechanics of it are fascinating (again see photo, not my picture unfortunately).

TJ Harrington are also known for their basic and strange sounding named centrepin reels / fly reels. Names like 'Little Kraka' 'Gemina' and so on.
This company also made crude air pistols (GAT gun) and slingshots.

The Intrepid New De Luxe that I restored, was a model I had myself back in the 70's, albeit a slightly later version; the one pictured earlier is a first issue from 1966.

Some American anglers may remember this reel in matt black and blue, as the Old Pal Bobcat 35.  The Intrepid Black Prince I had first, was the Tomcat 25 in the USA.

The Mitchell reels I posted were originally known as the 'The Mitchell' at first and then around 1956/57 they called it the model 300, and then engraved 3-0-0 on their side plates.

Some more images for your perusal, including two more TJH reels, the Magda and Magnet, both are seldom seen for sale. Plus a few more early Mitchell photos.

I got 1 today before raining 10mpg,,,,,,

Welcome from Salem va,,,,,,

Quote from: alantani on May 15, 2024, 04:52:19 PMi said "helped."   

i walk out to the deck with food, i'm closely followed, i pour the food into a bowl, it's eagerly consumed, i'm allowed to provide a couple of pets and scratches, and the nose and tail are raised, and then there is the exit with absolutely no acknowledgement.

the cats are exactly the same.      

The prefix FE should be a clue as in female and feline ,that`s all I`ll say about that..

Quote from: thorhammer on Today at 12:43:41 AMWow, man comes in with a bang!! Keep it coming, good sir!


John

Will do John, thank you.

Who has a winding machine , store bought or home made .  What pro and cons do you have to say about the machine ?    I am in the process of building one .  Looking to share ideas on a new concept to make winding easier and more consistent windings .   Pictures will help  .   Glove hand feed or moving sheive feed .  Do you have problems with dig ins from the supply spool with higher drag tension ? How much tension ?

Nice fishing ,keep the young ones jealous of you ...    

Welcome, Paul! Nice to have another vintage spinner guy aboard! 

It's a RedMax which was acquired by Husqvarna....

As they used to say in SoCal:

Dude!!!
Sweet!!!

Nice job Lee.

-J