mitchell 300XGE

Bazz wrote:I had a Mitchell 300XGE. It was a great little reel until I hooked a canoe while Lure fishing on the Trent!

I always manage to catch something on the Trent (apart from fish....usually snags, canoes & Cormorants )
It was an epic battle with 45lb Fox Predator braid & my 9' Esox Spinflex rod versus an irate canoeist! The line eventually gave but the spindle in the reel got badly bent and the reel became unusable! I now use a Fladen 2500 reel which is a great little reel (it has Okuma written all over its design/appearance).
The Mitchell Premiums are rather poorly constructed, very plasticky