New reel

[Norfolkboy]

i'm looking to buy a new reel, as my old 1 is getting a bit worse for wear.

i'll probaly have about £20-30 to spend on one. i was thinking of maybe getting a closed face one, has anyone used 1 of these before, i think there's an abu garcia one out that looks really nice and is quite cheap.

anyone have any ideas??

thanks for any suggestions

[Ben]

i have an old mitchel reel which i got at a car boot sale and i think its brilient, trying a car boot sale isnt a bad idear if you have a relitivly low budget and wanna get cheap gear, they usualy have new and used stuff

[Norfolkboy]

yeah, boot sale might be the way too go, that's where i got the 1 i still use from, lasted a year and a half.

mitchell reels are supposed to be good, what make was yours?

[Fishing Forum Admin]

£20-30 to spend on one. i was thinking of maybe getting a closed face one

I agree will ben try the car boots as you can get some good named tackle cheap

A£20-30 new reel will be good but not great

As for closed face reels , they are good for trotting down a river swim but I just did not get on with them

Carlton might have an idea later

Mitchel fan me

[Ben]

its a mitchell 204s
it aint very big but it copes fine with largeish fish, you might want 1 bigger than mine for carp, i use it for float fshing tench and also chub fishing in the river, i will post a pic of it if you want

[Norfolkboy]

yeah please, would be helpful! i think it's wilson who i've seen using 1, and it looked nice!

[Ben]

heres mine



really well built reels but can be quite expencive, i think mine is a relitivly old 1 but still does the trick

[Norfolkboy]

thanks for that! they do look really nice reels, how much line can you fit on them?

thanks!!!

[Ben]

my dad has acouple of larger 1s, 1 which i have tryed for spinning in the sea and handeled large lumps of sea weed briliently and the other which i have used for pike fishing and it works reallly well on them, its what i used to catch my 8lb pike and didnt have a prob

[Ben]

that little 1 can fit 165 yards of 6lb line so that would be plently but i donno about the bigger 1s