flightliner
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Same here, Mitchell match, there bombproof.Much as I like my Shimano Stradics, I still love my almost unbreakable Mitchell Matches for fine-line floatfishing; it's just so quick and easy to use them and as I can get over 30 years' wear out of one longevity isn't an issue. They have perfect line lay, don't spin when you don't want it, have a usable drag and are the perfect reel for a stick float or waggler. Graham M. once gave me a Grauvell carp reel to play with and I managed to totally wear it out after one HOUR, chucking a 3oz lead out about 90 yards with mackerel feathers and cranking back the feathers.
Had mine since the late seventies if I remember correctly.
Never had any problems in all those years.
Fits like a glove and like silvers says using it comes second nature, it's all one smooth operation.
I can dismantle it and service it very easily as and when req'd .
Monkey metal gears , yes , never a problem and after forty years or thereabouts it's as smooth and silent as many a modern reel, in other words it's just been run in like a car had to be years ago.
If I trot for Trent Barbel I use my old 300s, even more simple to use, line goes out line comes back, nothing else needed, least of all a clutch as I'm a backwinder that gives me a far better idea where Berty is likely to be than a baitrunner.
Had loads of doubles with it including a fourteen plus.
Sorry for meandering off topic
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