It was definately a Mitchell reel with some type of cheap (whatever was on sale) rod.
The old man loves Mitchells (since all of his from the 60's are defunct, he cries every time he uses my Penns). Rods, on the other hand, especially freshwater, were the cheaper the better.
For salt, we used mostly customs from a sweet, very cheap rod bulder named Alex from Agawam.
Alex also made jigs, sinkers, and had a great array of fake wild animal statues strewn about his house...it was my FAVORITE place to go as a kid.
Wow, that brought back some memories.
Rick
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