Do you use alternating equipment on spinning rods and/or bait casting rods. I hope this has not been "attempted" before...
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What is your favorite (brand name) fishing rod, reel.
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The 300 is defintiley legendary. bought my first one in 1972 at the Holiday gas station in Ripon with some gift money from my aunt n uncle. I bought a few more over the years. They just seemed so beefy that they had to be good. Yeah stuff on them breaks easy and the line would get tangled but seemed like a big step above the old zebco amd shakespeare stuff.
Now its Pfleuger Prez, 4 of them, and so far nothing breaks.
I have about 28 different rods and reels that I have acquired over the years. Many of these I have held onto although I don't fish with them anymore.
Musky: Rods - St. Croix, Abu-Garcia Volatile, Lamiglas, Musky Innovations, Shimano, Cabela's Fish Eagle, Okuma, Tackle Industries. Reels - Abu Garcia Revo Toro Beast (2), 6500C3 (5), Daiwa Lexa (2), Shimano Corsair (1). My favorite combo with braid is the Revo Toro Beast on the Volatile casting rod. When I fished with mono back in the day it was the 6500C3 paired with Lamiglas rods. Caught hundreds with that set up.
I have broken 5 rods on fish over the years; 4 St. Croix and 1 Musky Innovations. The Musky Innovations was my own fault...low 30 lb'er on short line when the fish was netted at the boat. The St.Croix were all material failure in the blanks.
Walleye/Bass/Panfish: Spin combos from Abu Garcia, Shakespeare, Daiwa, Fenwick, and Mitchell. The combos I use the most are the Abu Garcia Cardinal rod/reel.
Pike/Bass: Casting combos using Abu Garcia Black Max reels with St Croix, 13 Fishing, or Abu Garcia casting rods. All perform well with no issues.
haf2fsh, oh yeah man, I sure remember (and still have) those Mitchell 300s!!! Awesome and remarkable reel! When I was stationed in Germany (1st tour) I bought a 308 and paired it with a Abu Garcia 2121A 5' ultra lite spinning rod! Great trout rod on the many trout streams!!!
I started using Pfluegers Presidents spinning reels about 22 years ago. 25 and 30 series. Bait casters vary from Shimano Curado 200E7, to Quantum Energy PT and Smoke series. All rods are (now) Shimano. Some Compre some Clarus. Lengths vary.
whew, sorry for gettin' so "wordy"... AND, yes, hooks do matter!!! That's another story...
For Muskies I have a few Abu Garcia Revo Toro reels of different speeds (the “Beast” is 4.9:1, the saltwater ones that I have are 6.4:1 and the “Rocket” is 7.6:1), and have a few 8’6” telescoping Okuma EVX Musky rods (lightest action is rated for 1-8oz lures, heaviest action rated for 4-16oz lures)
St. Croix is still the only rod out there. The Legend Elites are well worth the cost, especially for jig rods. Good options in the Tournament and Avid series for lower budget. With all the split grips and colors on other rods, they’re starting to become fashion statements.
I’ve always been a Shimano guy, but like most things the quality is diminishing. Mostly run Stradics. The Nasci isn’t bad either for $100.
LJ walleye master
I got into musky fishing this year but a lot of products were out of stock and I went with
Piscifun® Alijoz Size 300 Low Profile Baitcasting Reel 8:1
It comes with the power handle
using the 8 strand and 9 strand power lines made from China they're small in diameter so I can get more line on the real. And it's pretty inexpensive
The best deal is to buy from the manufactured direct free shipping and sometimes you get up to 20% off
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