Video: How to service a Mitchell 300

[johndtuttle]

Came across this video at the Mitchell Reel Museum (great site worth a visit).

[wallacewt]

thanks john
nice simple reel,
not so simple if you are just starting out
tutorials are the backbone of this site
drag?
cheers

[bluefish69]

I found & used the Mitchell Museum when I rebuilt my 3 - 306 reels. Great Site

Mike

[sdlehr]

Perfect timing - There's a Mitchell 300 on its way to me as I type... I had one as a teen (WAY before the turn of the century) and don't know what happened to it, bought one off EBay for old time's sake.

[fishhawk]

has any seen a tutorial on drags for this reel, like upgrades maybe?

[johndtuttle]

has any seen a tutorial on drags for this reel, like upgrades maybe?

Just slip in a carbontex washer of the same size. These reels generally produce very modest drag and have just one drag washer in them.

These reels are from a bygone era when the drag matched the engineering of the reel to keep it in operation for decades. Now reels have drags put in them that will rapidly destroy them  .

[fishhawk]

thanx john, kinda what I thought, just hoping there was more I could do.
Mark

[Zimbass]

I noticed that the man servicing the reel, was using a block of wood that had been carved to hold the reel in place.

Anyone else here do this, and if so how is it done ?

Thanks,

Terry.