Old Mitchell 900 reel and a Fenwick Rod

Mitchell 900 reel. This is a reel that belonged to my Dad. Fenwick rod, that also was my Dad's.
I decided to disassemble and clean the reel in order take it up north on my next fishing trip.


As usual, I had to assemble and disassemble the reel multiple times to get it put back together correctly but it runs as smoothly as possible with it's old technology and engineering. Before I cleaned it, the handle would stop as soon as I stopped reeling. There was a lot of old gunk ,grime,dirt, and old grease in it.



The reel and rod are dated sometime from the early 1970's.


As I said, I'm going to take this outfit up north in the hopes of catching one more fish for Dad with it, then retiring the outfit to a place of honor. My Dad loved to fish in Minnesota and Canada.

Dad, I hope you approve.

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Very nice. My mom bought my dad a Mitchell for a wedding present on 02-19-57 and it still works very good. After dad pasted it went into the safe. I would hate for something to happen to it.

[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;538339]Mitchell 900 reel. This is a reel that belonged to my Dad. Fenwick rod, that also was my Dad's.
I decided to disassemble and clean the reel in order take it up north on my next fishing trip.


As usual, I had to assemble and disassemble the reel multiple times to get it put back together correctly but it runs as smoothly as possible with it's old technology and engineering. Before I cleaned it, the handle would stop as soon as I stopped reeling. There was a lot of old gunk ,grime,dirt, and old grease in it.



The reel and rod are dated sometime from the early 1970's.


As I said, I'm going to take this outfit up north in the hopes of catching one more fish for Dad with it, then retiring the outfit to a place of honor. My Dad loved to fish in Minnesota and Canada.

Dad, I hope you approve.

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I'm sure he would Rob,catch a good one with it. I to have several reels passed down from my grandfather and unfortunatly from several of my fishing buddies that have passed.Seems alot of my freinds spouses allways would ask me if I wanted there reels because of all the memories we had together. I would take one and tell them to keep the rest for the young critters in the family.I have spent many a night sitting on my couch in the basement drinking a beer, turning the handles, and reliving fond memories. Good Tyme's. Chuck

As I am want to do on occasion, I was out in my boat barn/man cave when I picked up this old reel affixed to the Fenwick rod. I couldn't help but spin the handle but it felt like turning the crank on an old fashioned ice cream maker after the ice cream has hardened. Dang thing would barely turn.;)

Memories of my father swept over me and that's when I knew I had to get this reel back into good working condition and fulfill one more adventure "with my Dad."

Dad liked those toothy critters up north,especially walleye and even northern. He really wasn't into bass fishing but he did like a place in Minnesota called Strawberry Lake for panfish ,walleye, and bass.

I was a junior or senior in high school and I was unable to go with him as I was working during the summer trying to save some money for college. Dad went north alone.

When he returned, he barged into the house with a frozen 5lb bass that he had caught and wanted to show me. Naturally he told me the entire story of where,with what bait, and how long he fought it.:D

I don't know if he was using the Mitchell reel and Fenwick rod but it really doesn't make any difference to me, I'm going to try and catch one more fish for him.

Good stuff fellas..................dang good stuff.