Whats your favorite go to Fresh Water Rod & Reel.

[bushden]

Well sitting home today staying warm I decided to pull out reels and start the summer prep. I started with my all time favorite Delaware River setup, A Mitchell 300 1960 vintage and a Fenwick 6 1/2' medium action pole, over the years I have caught more shad and herring and catfish with this combo than any other river setup. The reel is broken down every year and completely cleaned and serviced, the rod as you can see in in good shape, only once did I have to replace the end eye, I dropped the pole and the graphite eye broke and I replaced it with glass. anyway over the cold spell I will take out a couple a day and start the servicing while I wait for the weather to ease up to go out hunting a couple more times before it over.

 

Here is a picture of my Mitchell 300 with Fenwick Rod hurry up WARM SUMMER WEATHER, Shad and Turkey 1st.

[Bucndoe]

Any rod with a Mitchell 308 or 300 on it. One of only three  good things to  ever come out of France

Edited January 8, 2022 by Bucndoe

[Kype]

a st croix imperial 3 weight. and a galvan torque reel. 

[bushden]

2 hours ago, Bucndoe said:

Any rod with a Mitchell 308 or 300 on it. One of only three  good things to  ever come out of France

Well we know Mitchell reels are 1, the Women are 2, what is the 3rd ? I cannot think of anything else good there.

[bucky]

Just now, bushden said:

Well we know Mitchell reels are 1, the Women are 2, what is the 3rd ? I cannot think of anything else good there.

#3 French Fries.lol  When I was kid I had a 300,308 and 408 they were all workhorses Now I use a Shimano Stradic mounted on a 6"6" St Croix

Edited January 8, 2022 by bucky

[Bucndoe]

6 minutes ago, bushden said:

Well we know Mitchell reels are 1, the Women are 2, what is the 3rd ? I cannot think of anything else good there.

Louisiana, Mitchell reels, and CP Swing lures

[FLDBRED-BDC]

Sure had plenty of 300's and 308's ! But I switched to Cardinal 4's and still use them . My buddy has a 300 he bought from the store Two Guys in 1968 and the thing looks brand new. 

[bushden]

21 minutes ago, bucky said:

#3 French Fries.lol  When I was kid I had a 300,308 and 408 they were all workhorses Now I use a Shimano Stradic mounted on a 6"6" St Croix

I to have a stradic I use for trout, I use the Mitchell for SHAD, CATFISH, & BASS in the Delaware

[toxo]

Shimano Stradic,CI4 2500, 8 lb Flouro,7 ft Dobyns Sierra series rod with micro guides Smaller stuff for Trout.

Edited January 9, 2022 by Dinger

[Northjerseyoutdoorsman]

Stradic ci4 that I switch out on different rods depending on what I'm after I spool some 4 pound mono onto of the 10 pound braid f I'm after trout. I have alot of other Reels but this one gets used wayy more than anything else

[Bones]

My favorite rods are duckett micro magic or pro series. I like lews speed spools for bait casters 

[nmc02]

gloomis w shimano stradic

[electricstart]

Daiwa Tatula and st croix Mojo Bass 

[OldPiney Woods]

6 hours ago, bushden said:

Well sitting home today staying warm I decided to pull out reels and start the summer prep. I started with my all time favorite Delaware River setup, A Mitchell 300 1960 vintage and a Fenwick 6 1/2' medium action pole, over the years I have caught more shad and herring and catfish with this combo than any other river setup. The reel is broken down every year and completely cleaned and serviced, the rod as you can see in in good shape, only once did I have to replace the end eye, I dropped the pole and the graphite eye broke and I replaced it with glass. anyway over the cold spell I will take out a couple a day and start the servicing while I wait for the weather to ease up to go out hunting a couple more times before it over.

 

Here is a picture of my Mitchell 300 with Fenwick Rod hurry up WARM SUMMER WEATHER, Shad and Turkey 1st.

My second reel was a Mitchell 300. I got it when I was about 10 years old in the early 1960s. Here is a picture of it with the original unknown rod. I used it for many years for all kinds of NJ freshwater fishing, pike in Canada, trout in Vermont and fluke in NJ bays. I still have both but they have long since been retired. One of the last times I used it fluke fishing in Great Bay I caught a 8 pound weakfish in 1981. My current go to reels are various Shimano models with various rods.

[hammer4reel]

Couldn’t even come close to picking between 5-10 favorites let alone 1 lol