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Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Edward D. Smith (---.ard.bellsouth.net)
Date: March 23, 2011 10:15AM

I completed a PacBay minima spinning reel seat only to discover that the foot of my old (50 yrs +) Mitchel 308 would not fit under the rear seat. Front is OK. (This is also true of an even older Mitchell 300) I then found an old fly reel and it fit fine! If I want to use these reels on this seat I'll need to grind down the rear foot of the reel. I hope some of my newer Shimono reels, which are at my Santeetlah Lake cottage, will fit. Lesson learned: Make sure the reel will fit the seat before you glue things up.

Ed Smith
Flat Rock, NC

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Alex Dziengielewski (---.scana.com)
Date: March 23, 2011 10:17AM

I've had trouble with Ardent baitcasters not fitting well in the casting seat version.

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Cheng Moua (---.mycingular.net)
Date: March 23, 2011 10:29AM

shimanos fit okay. not great. buy okay

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (---.war.clearwire-wmx.net)
Date: March 23, 2011 10:56AM

Ed,
There were some earlier posts where people got reels to fit by modifying the rear piece with a dremel tool and burr to open it up a bit.

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: roger wilson (---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: March 23, 2011 12:09PM

Ed,
You were just looking for an excuse to get a new reel to match the rod.
Many of my clients buy a new reel to match a new rod.

Good luck and enjoy.

Roger

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Edward D. Smith (---.ard.bellsouth.net)
Date: March 23, 2011 10:12PM

Thanks Cheng. I suspected that some of the newer reels would fit. It sounds like these reel seats are not compatible with all reels. I've got so many rods and reels, I don't know when to stop building them for myself. You can only fish so many lines at one time. I think I have two rods for every reel that have built for my son and myself.. I am going to try a Shimano Stradic on this one.

Ed Smith

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Re: Minima Reel Seats and Mitchel Reels
Posted by: Cheng Moua (198.228.224.---)
Date: March 24, 2011 08:05AM

just a heads up, the spinning seats are uber uncomfortable...but that might just be me though...

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