vole Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I was born in the early 60s, I inherited an Intrepid Black Prince from my brother and caught countless trout with it . The new price was £1.25 . The Intrepid Boyo was 99p and was looked down on by us Black Prince users . Some spoilt kids had ABU Cardinals and Mitchells but most of us had Intrepids . I have just bought a Black Prince off Ebay to remind me of those days . Any other Intrepid owners ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yes. As soon as I saw the title, I was trying to think of the name of the "cheaper" one. I had a Black Prince. Wasn't the Boyo blue? I wonder if the Black prince was worth the extra 26p? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 The Boyo WAS blue and the handle was a poxy screw on . I remember that the drag facility on reels at the time was wasted as we just used to reel them straight in . I did secretly admire the silky smooth Mitchells but would never admit it . I did move on to a Ryobi after the Intrtepid . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I moved to a Mitchell 300. Sorry to boast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 We were just 10 year olds , you must have been a wage earner to have a Mitchell . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Yup I had both the Boyo and the Black Prince once i had picked enough strawberries to buy them. If you are talking Intrepid then their Sea Streak was a real shocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_jay Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Black prince to a Mitchell 206 and then on to Mitchell 300. Up until a couple of seasons ago I still had a 300 on my floater rod! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) We were just 10 year olds , you must have been a wage earner to have a Mitchell . Nope, just got it from my grandparents as a b/day pressie. Now reading the posts above, I recall it was a Mitchell 206 not a 300. It was kind of the junior version. Sorry to brag needleesly. Should have titled this thread "nostalgia". Ahhhhh..them were the days. Thousands of gudgeon. *Had to edit this. Now googled it and my next reel after the Black Prince was actually a Mitchell 324, not a 206* I kept this until I got my 300, but was still outdone by my mate who got a 440. Flash ***. Edited July 20, 2012 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Yup I had both the Boyo and the Black Prince once i had picked enough strawberries to buy them. If you are talking Intrepid then their Sea Streak was a real shocker. Talk about a blast from the past! Moved from the Sea Streak to a 9000 in 1969 - sold it to a mate - who wanted one NOW (we were in Germany and he wouldn't wait for one to be delivered so paid me the full new price) - which I always regretted as when I got a new one a couple of weeks later, they'd modified the handle grip which I thought a retrograde step - in 1971 and am still using it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I had the Intrepid Elite. I was able to look down on Black Prince owners and those with Boyos And, like many others before me I then went to te Garcia Mitchell stable starting with a 320 then a 300 (which I still have) and a lot later was given a mint Match which I still use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I was born in the early 60s, I inherited an Intrepid Black Prince from my brother and caught countless trout with it . The new price was £1.25 . The Intrepid Boyo was 99p and was looked down on by us Black Prince users . Some spoilt kids had ABU Cardinals and Mitchells but most of us had Intrepids . I have just bought a Black Prince off Ebay to remind me of those days . Any other Intrepid owners ? you must have been spoilt!in the 70s i only ever had winfield reels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 you must have been spoilt!in the 70s i only ever had winfield reels I had winfield trainers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I still have a couple of Intrepid Surfcast somewhere, a huge spool by modern standards. I had a Mitchell with the half bale arm, it had a super fine ratchet that oozed quality, but if you wound it in too fast the bale arm used to fly outwards and bash your fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I had a black prince then moved on to a mitchell 208 and from that to a 440 match also had some 300s for pike fishing . Had two intrepid surfcasts which were truly awful and I remember my father having to send off for new drive cogs after every session !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Any other Intrepid owners ? I have small collection of 'vintage' fishing reels. There is an old an Intrepid, not sure which one it is, I will dig it out later. I have a few older Mitchells as well, for the simple reason like others on this thread I could never afford them when I was younger. We use to drool over the silky smooth Mitchell Match I only ever use Mitchell 300's for coarse fishing and bought and rebuilt a 308 a couple of years ago to go with an ultra lightweight spinning rod I built from a fly rod blank. Who needs ball bearings anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I still use a mitchell 300 for Mullet with the drag tuned and teflon washers I got my old man to machine a Mitchell 300 spool out of aluminium as I popped two plastic spools playing Pollack on light line. I also use the old style 300 pro but I had the Intrepid De Luxe which had a very smooth drag at the moment I have an old 300 ( No line roller) on a six foot hollow glass rod with a through action for summer spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Winfield as in Woolworths ? They sold some 12ft solid glass rods too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Winfield was the brand Woolworths was the shop. Having just had a dig through the cupboard it would seem I don't have an Intrepid any more, it must have got chucked in a clear out :( So the 'collection' is now just 2x300's, a 306, a 308 and a 324 Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 come to think of it i use to own one of these, but when i upgraded i think i gave it to my son as a knock around reel, no doubt its no longer around and gone to where everything else ends up eventually :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 My username may give you a clue! ... I have collected mainly sea fishing multiplier reels for over 30 years, at it's peak I had over 200, now I'm down to around 25 plus or so, basically the ones I've wanted to keep. I also bought, sold and dealt in reels for many years. though not so much these days. I've a few Intrepids, the most valuable and rarest being an Intrepid Seastreak Carbon as new. When new they had the annoying habit of the spool collapsing, so it wasn't uncommon to see an Intrepid sea streak "Carbon" with a bog standard Intrepid seastreak spool fitted "Red" ... as a reel they were quite clever though not to the extent that the competition followed suit. Most multipliers had a form of breaking system to limit overruns (Birdsnests) ... As the spool rapidly accelerated to give line in the casting phase centrifugal force would throw out blocks to increase drag and limit the over zealous acceleration of the spool there by keep its revolving fast enough to give line at a controllable rate. The Intrepid Seastreak had a different design ... the design or at least idea was, that the faster the spool needed to revolve the faster it would let it, as the spool speed dropped, the more resistance the spool had to contend with to revolve ... well no one else decided to go down that route so maybe they knew something Intrepid hadn't latch onto! .. anyhow the Sea Streak Carbon is the one to go for, obviously if its mint and complete with box/packaging all the better. Penn Mags such as the 970 came out and the Magnetic breaking age appeared (got one) and although it wasn't a great reel it wasn't a bad one ... Mitchells were good reels and so too Abu though gone down the pan now. The very best Abu reels were made in Italy not Sweden! .. The British reel manufacturers are long gone Tatler (Christchurch ) ... Intrepid ... and the early Policansky, though South African for 18 months they were made in London England, well worth picking up if you come across one (got a few) .. anyhow sorry for droning on about reel I'm shut up lol ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Winfield were Woolies reels made in Japan, reasonable as starter boat reel (in those days), rip off of a Penn Delmar and the likes Edited July 20, 2012 by hoggysreels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I am chuffed to get so many replies here . Every man and his dog had a Penn Sea Boy . I have a light Alvey sidecast but these originate in Australia . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 my 1st reels were a mitchel 300 used for leadgering and an abu 501 for float fishing brings back memories colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 .. Every man and his dog had a Penn Sea Boy Yea not far wrong there mate, but!! ... seeing as so many bought these reels and then tried using them as casting reels on UK beaches, some good came from it ... Some tried using them and quickly threw in the towel and gave up, but some persevered and mastered a bad reel, so when they eventually moved on to a proper casting reel they became good proficient casters ... I very rarely beach cast anymore, I've boat fished for many a year and distance casting really isn't an issue as such, that said if I practiced all week I reckon I'd hit 200 yards using my Century and Abu 5500 mag ... (I'd probably be off work for a month with a bad back though, no fun getting old!) ... tightlines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I used to fish in dingys in the Clyde sealochs (Loch Goil) using an Intrepid seastreak 25lb abulon and a 7ft solid glass spinning rod with small lures for summer Codling up to about 8lbs great sport. That was about 1970 ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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