Northwest Fishing Reports

Thanks for the info fishing bear! My reel definitely is not Ex or mint condition as all I have is the reel. I knew it was only made for a short time, making it a little less common. It has a few scratches in it, but it works very well, looks fair, and I will be using it on the rivers. I have one oth...

Thanks to all who commented. I managed to get this reel cleaned up thoroughly and re-lubed and re assembled. I loaded the reel up with 14 lb. mono and after a little tweaking it casts very well both good distance and almost never any backlash. I think I will try it out the next time I go fishing. I ...

I did find out that this reel was discontinued in the late 80s so it is very rare!!! (and valuable.....!! ha) That is why there is not a PDF of the owners manual available. The exploded part view is hard to see, I need to experiment with zooming on the pdf as I cant seem to figure out how to get the...

Thanks Spokey9 and dwh4784.. I had forgotten that the nanofil was more for spinning reels. My bad, I just grabbed what I saw first in my junk. I think I will spool up some new 14 lb mono that I found in my stuff and see how that works. I was pretty impressed the way this rig cast just home from the ...

I recently acquired a Shimano Bantam Mark Plus SpeedMaster BMP-250 SM at an estate sale on a Cabela's Fish Eagle 9' Rod. It had some monofilament line on it so I cast it a few times iin the yard and it worked great. I could not even make it get a backlash. I decided I better put some new line on it ...

Thanks to "The Quadfather", I figured out that my reel was built in 1970 according to the information found in the Mitchell Museum Forum under; http://mitchellreelmuseum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=22&sid=acc96e16dadb95f18e84c6d68e20c4ab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . My serial ...

This thread caught my eye since I am surfing instead of fishing lately (visiting family). I have used a Mitchell 300 since the early 70s and liked it a lot. Now days people look at you funny when they hear the clicking, but...........who cares. I had excessive stiffness during pink season, so I had ...