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Martin, Yea - but you don't have one made of carrots. Phone

I'm just an old fogey but I have 2 300s's that I still use with no problem and landed carp up to 18lbs. Just spooled Maxima line. I did buy one of the new Mitchells and fine it ok too

Cameraman, be sure to contact the seller re the Mitchell's you're bidding for!! The later ones are made in China & no where near the quality of the old French versions!! I've a few older French ones I don't use anymore + some spare spools (they all interchange with 300 & 410 Match) A drive over from Sheffield & you can have them all for Now't if you don't win!! (The reels & spools that is) PM me if Interested? (have a look on page one for around what I think I have?) Martin.

You could still get a allcocks match aerial if you still want one. I was once lucky enough to get a mint reel which really did look unused in a tatty old (but original box) for nowt. My mrs found it amongst a pile of unsold/unwanted items, mostly junk left as people packed up and left the car boot sale. My mrs was more excited about an old otterman she had dragged out the pile of junk....she'd been looking to buy a good one for ages and was chuffed to get one for free. The main drawback/newsance with the match aerial (imo) is the line stick you can often get, often worse after catchin' a decent fish. One other thing that people don't like is how prone your line is or can be to going round the back of the reels foot. I know the line lay pillars don't help with the line stick, but i'm quite sure the problem is mainly caused because the reel is a narrow drum. Appart from that one or maybe two faults, just the look and feel of an allcocks match aerial makes it one of my favourite centrepin reels. I had three at one time but sold one that had been well used before I got it and had lots of use whilst in my posession. I still have two, the one my mrs found and one which i'd bought unused and in a mint box a couple of days before my mrs found one !! This is the reel my mrs found, still looks like new, the other one remains unused....

Blimey! Was there an election? Must have missed it....