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08-27-2006, 11:27 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally Posted by piemma
Then Penn got wind of this and started selling a retro-fit for $5.00. I don't know if they still do.
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The still make them, tho the days when they were $5 are over.
Mitchell made a manual pickup for the 302 long before Penn did, and then later on, the 380/480 and 490 series started coming thru with manual pick-ups installed. |
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08-27-2006, 11:50 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Haven County, CT
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I think Penn still sells manual bail conversion kits. Someone once gave me one for my 6500ss. I have another of the same reel, and I'll probably cut and grind that bail wire, as well.
Toby, please do post the title and author of that book, I'd like to read it.
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08-29-2006, 07:52 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
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Originally Posted by baldwin
Toby, please do post the title and author of that book, I'd like to read it.
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It is called "Spinning for Saltwater Game Fish", by Joseph D. Bates, Jr., copyright 1957. |
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08-30-2006, 04:59 AM
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That sounds like a good read. Was able to find it on the net. I saw that Mitchell had a manual pick up in the early 50's. If it did start in freshwater, wonder if it was more of a gimmick (cost savings) than anything else. Then when you move to heavy saltwater fishing, weight savings and unreliable bail systems (snap-offs) make it more of a practical necesssity.
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