new small reel

[jeff f]

well after 5 years of heavy use and abuse my little mitchell 500 avocet ultra light reel has died:( this little reel only held 125 m of 2lbs crystal with no backing and had some serious mojo including a 124cm threadfin

i will miss it greatly and don't know what to replace it with

cant afford to spend alot of money

any recomendations

not interested in shimano thier cheaper reels are crap

this was supposed to be a new thread dont know how it wound up here

[Feral]

Not familiar with that reel Jeff, baitcaster or spinning?

Or more to the point which are you chasing?

I think it was me who split the post, about 5 goes and a zillion error messages involved though!

[jeff f]

little tiny spinning reel spool is only an inch across

:woohoo: found the new model at basspro nice and cheap too

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10204449____SearchResults

[Feral]

I've got one in that size, but only a cheapy, I love it.

[badboygibbo]

Those reels do look good for the price. When you say the shimano cheapies, what price are you talkin about as cheap? What would you compare the mitchell to in more well known brands over here (Performance wise)?

Paul

[Bri The Pom]

Hey Jeff

I love the shimano baitrunner reels,but they are big,so i now use the okuma travertine reels in the 45 size,i find them ok.My mother is coming over from the uk next week with 2 size 30 reels so we will see how we go.On ebay uk i got the 2 for 85 bucks with spare spools.

Go have a look Jeff ,but its a personall thing.

Cheers

Bri.

[paulymassy]

the shimano sienna is very good for its money 1000 for small or u could go 2500

[jeff f]

badboygibbo wrote:

Those reels do look good for the price. When you say the shimano cheapies, what price are you talkin about as cheap? What would you compare the mitchell to in more well known brands over here (Performance wise)?

Paul

there price comparison is to bottom of the barrel shimanos when i bought the reel 5 yrs ago i paid $38 for it at charltons

shimano dont make any thing this small the 500 size is half the size of the smallest shimano

i use this reel on a 5' 1-3lbs microlight rod

its my go to outfit for freeswimming small livey or chucking small plastics and hbs

if i bring one in from the usa the price falls somewhere between a slade and sienna( both crap)

these things are heaps better built no wobbles smooth drag and can take a beating

the reason for the post was to see if anyone knows of other brands that makes someting this small that was anygood

[Feral]

Let us know what the postage is Jeff, I've heard they can be expensive! I might pick one up myself. Also let us know if they are still the same quality, 5 years is a while in tackle land!

[jeff f]

turns out they are actually made in france

shipping from bass pro is $25usd

[fishingnut]

mate chck out the pflueger president in the 6725 I have one and its great and has taken a beating comes with spare spool too

[fishingnut]

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/president_AFO-f96c243ca4916ab256d09184da22c4ec.jpg spool is between a 20 and 50 c piece, great little reel

[dassa]

Just one more to throw into the ring Iv'e got my daughter and abu garcia js2000 six ball bearings holds 210 6lb mono great little real now that iv'e had my 2bob's worth GOOD LUCK dassa.

[jeff f]

thanks fishingnut i'll check out the pflueger

dassa too big mate the reels i'm talking about only hold 60m of 4lbs mono or 125m 2lbs braid

[jeff f]

fishing nut where did you get it from as that size isn't listed on the pfleuger australia website

[jeff f]

bump

why wont this thread advance

[jeff f]

paulymassy wrote:

the shimano sienna is very good for its money 1000 for small or u could go 2500

compared to the mitchell siennas are crap

[Terry H]

test bump.

[Mack_attack]

working for me guys

[novrain]

attractive looking drink coaster you got there

i believe i had a couple of them but somehow or another, they are all missing

[AFO]

test