I have a Mitchell 300 reel that I've had stored away for years and decided to clean it up and go fishing with it to relive the fishing I did with it in my youth.
I took it apart and cleaned all of the old grease out of it, re-lubed it and put it back together.
After respooling the line on to it I noticed that the line is not laying symmetrical. There is more on the bottom of the spool.
See attached picture.
How do I resolve this?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Mitchell 300 Line lay on spool-1.jpg
Welcome aboard!
First, looks like there is about 35 yards too much mono line on the spool.
The line lay issue could be due to the spool not fully locked into place, an extra spacer washer under the spool, the wrong sized spacer washer, or a slightly tweaked/bent bail assembly.
Best, Fred
Thanks for your input Foakes.
I will check your suggestions and see how it goes.
When I was spooling the line on, I was just watching the top of the spool to achieve the 1/16"-1/8" distance to the edge. Only after I was done I saw how much was on the bottom.
I also took the spool off to see if there was any obstruction to the fitting of the axle gear to the spool and it seems to be penetrating correctly such that it takes the pushing of the button on top of the spool to release the spool to take it off.
Thank you again. I'll post back on what I found or did.