Mitchell 600

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Does anyone know if possible i could get a metal spool for the above as the one i have has the plastic spool
Also was there ever a larger handle ever made or would fit

The reel is old very ild it was my dads grandas he passed away almost 20 years ago in his 80s and never fished for a long time before he died

Its in excellent condition and is very very fast
 
I could be wrong (it's been known to happen... ;)) but, from memory, the 604 was the bigger boat version in the 600 series and it had a metal spool.

I seem to remember that the smaller 600, like the 602, had the plastic spool.

I learned multiplier casting on a 602 and its utter lack of any brakes meant you had to develop a very 'educated' thumb to use it, but once you got the trick of it you could cast miles :)

Can't offer you any more than my not-to-be-relied-upon memory I'm afraid.

Good luck with it.
 
The 600P, 600AP, 602P, and 602AP all had plastic spools and I don't think metal spools were an option. The 622 and 624 boat reels both had metal spools.
 
Its not my day to day reel its just an old sentimental thing
But im just after a metal spool i dont think the one you have for sale will fit the 600
 
in my early fishing days i had the 600 and the 600AP im sure the only difference was a chrome ring on the edge of the side plated, dont ever remember seeing either with a metal spool though .....
 
Many moons ago I had a 602ap & got a metal spool for it, so I'd imagine they were also available for the larger 600 model.

Gary :)
 
lambtonworm said:
in my early fishing days i had the 600 and the 600AP im sure the only difference was a chrome ring on the edge of the side plated, dont ever remember seeing either with a metal spool though .....
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You're right; the only difference between the P's and the AP's was that the P had one chrome ring around the outer edge of the sideplates and the AP's had two rings, one on the inside edge as well as the outer one.
 
I'm 53 now and can remember when I was a kid of about 14 or 15; I had been using an Intrepid Fastback and an Intrepid Seastreak on my 12 fibre glass Milbro Reliant rod and had never been able to cast to the other side of the river Blyth from the quayside at the Dun Cow pub. I managed to get my hands on a Mitchell 600AP (the posh one); went down to the quayside to practise casting with it; first cast...........BANG........ the sinker bounced off a crane on the Cambois side. I couldn't reel in quick enough; snipped the sinker off, jumped on my bike and rode home to Cowpen as fast as I could.
 
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Just found this --->>

Note: The "P" in the model means that a plastic spool was installed at the
factory instead of a metal spool. There are no other differences in the reels.
 
I have the captain mitchell 600 with plastic spool which was also my granda's, Apparently the mitchell 600 which have a "captain" bagde were to show the reel was distributed by a company other than The Garcia Corporation but both come off the same production line.
Maybe look for a cheap one with a metal spool off ebay? There is one on there now with a metal spool says in brand new condition for £21.99
 
OuTkast76 said:
I have the captain mitchell 600 with plastic spool which was also my granda's, Apparently the mitchell 600 which have a "captain" bagde were to show the reel was distributed by a company other than The Garcia Corporation but both come off the same production line.
Maybe look for a cheap one with a metal spool off ebay? There is one on there now with a metal spool says in brand new condition for £21.99
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Aye mines the same mitchell 600 captain dont know if they rarer than te garcia line or not but havnt seen many of the captain version

I dont want to buy another 1 as i dont use the 1 i have as the retrieve is a little too slow at 4.1:1
 
I had, and still have a mitchell 600, (cream coloured side plates) the plastic spool exploded when i was reelin' up a fish on the "old" sarah out the tyne about 27 years ago when i was a spotty teen, so i took it to John robertsons at the haymarket and he ordered me a new metal spool, cost me £12 and it served me well for a few years after that until i bought a propper boat reel, lol. still have it tho i never use it :)
 

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