REEL??

[mike155]

What brand reel is this i have two of them.They are about he size of a jigmaster. The say made in franch but that is all the marking i can find.

Thanks Michael

[El Pescador]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=garcia+mitchell+624+fishing+reels

Mike155,

Looks to be a Garcia Mitchell 600 series reel.

Wayne

[Shark Hunter]

Its a Mitchell Multiplier. Read this post.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=4426.0

[Tiddlerbasher]

Definitely a Mitchell 600 series.

[mike155]

Thanks very much guys yall are wealth of knowledge.This are some of my uncles old reels on is in decent shap the other is pretty bad to loook at but still works.I am going to give them a good cleaning and see what happens.

Michael

[foakes]

Likely a Mitchell 624 -- from the 600 series of Mitchell conventional salt water reels.

Decent reels, not as strong as a comparable Penn though.

Similar in quality to an old Ocean City, Montague, or green Heddon.

Drags are tough to match up -- so I generally just modify HT-100s to fit.

Rare to find one of these old soldiers without Yellowed side plates, foil brand and model numbers fallen off, and at least (1) crack in the center of the side plates (generally head side below handle).  Although this crack never seems to affect the operation of the reel.

They clean up nice -- but I would hesitate in using it for my "go to" reel...just a good back up or a display piece for me.

Best,

Fred

[mike155]

Likely a Mitchell 624 -- from the 600 series of Mitchell conventional salt water reels.

Decent reels, not as strong as a comparable Penn though.

Similar in quality to an old Ocean City, Montague, or green Heddon.

Drags are tough to match up -- so I generally just modify HT-100s to fit.

Rare to find one of these old soldiers without Yellowed side plates, foil brand and model numbers fallen off, and at least (1) crack in the center of the side plates (generally head side below handle).  Although this crack never seems to affect the operation of the reel.

They clean up nice -- but I would hesitate in using it for my "go to" reel...just a good back up or a display piece for me.

Best,

Fred

That is exactly what i have.think i will clean them up and put them on the shelf in my shed.

[Jeri]

Hi,

If it has a plastic spool, it will be the 622, with a steel spool a 624. The 622 were the poor version, very prone to bursting the spool when used in heavy fishing situations.

Very common in the UK about 30 years ago, but rarely did a 622 last a full trip if the fish were biting.

Hope that helps.

jeri

[mike155]

Hi,

If it has a plastic spool, it will be the 622, with a steel spool a 624. The 622 were the poor version, very prone to bursting the spool when used in heavy fishing situations.

Very common in the UK about 30 years ago, but rarely did a 622 last a full trip if the fish were biting.

Hope that helps.

jeri

Thanks yes mine must be the 624 they both have metal spools.

[jonnou]

Did my first tutorial on this
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=11099.0
Did it up for the kids

[day0ne]

FYI, the handles fit a Jigmaster

[UKChris]

Sorry chaps but the 624 and the 622 both had metal spools but the difference between them is the 622 is narrower. I have both. You could get a plastic spool for the 624 but it would break in spite of it being called unbreakable.

There were other versions of the Mitchell reel but they were smaller and intended for beachcasting: the 600 and the 602 (a narrow 600). Both of these came with black plastic spools (and a spare because they broke!) and were labelled 600P and 602P (for plastic). They only had internal reinforcing rings on the sideplates.

In addition, there were versions of the 600 and 602 with inner and outer chrome rings, called the 600AP and the 602AP again with plastic spools. I have a 602AP with one broken spool and one remaining intact spool.

Finally, you could get metal spools to fit the 600 and 602 sized reels as spare parts and I expect you could buy versions of the 600/602 that would have come with metal spools and would have been labelled 600 or 602 if with a single inner reinforcing ring or 600A/602A if fitted with double reinforcing rings. These reels with metal spools were not very common.

The reel in the original picture has had the handle modified by having the counterbalance end cut off.

Cheers

[mike155]

very good info thanks

[day0ne]

The reel in the original picture has had the handle modified by having the counterbalance end cut off.

Cheers

Actually, I have several with that handle. It wasn't cut off.

[Keta]

They are weak around the handle side bearing, every one I have ever seen was cracked.