Mitchell’s Aftermarket Tournament Casters
- July 3rd, 2010
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MITCHELL’S
Aftermarket Tournament Reels
By: Dennis Roberts Epilogue
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We conclude our series of the tournament reels with a review of aftermarket samples of modified reels to that of quasi tournament casters. These custom “home built” competitive casting reels became icons of a bygone era. Only recently has competitive casting come back in vogue with professional casters experimenting with “turning” special tournament spools for their casting reels; i.e. Daiwa, Shimano, Mitchell to name a few.
The builders of these special spools and in some cases, multi tiered line guides, produced very efficient and competitive versions of the original factory offerings and drew on non-conventional wisdom in their design. Read more



