WHATS YOUR FAVORITE REEL OR ROD 2024
Chrismissbass reply :
Hi eveyone just wanted to know, Whats your favorite rod or reel?
Goose52 reply :
I always answer this question the same way: My favorite is the one with a big honkin' bass on the end of the line...
kickerfish1 reply :
When you have 20 casting rod combos and 10 spinning rod combos narrowing it down to a favorite is like picking your favorite kid. Everything that I own I like and consider it a favorite. If I buy something and done like it gets sold, traded, or given away.
Most of my combos are technique specific with a few all around outfits sprinkled in. Some I like because they throw lighter weights better, some are better into a stiff wind, and some are flat out fun use.
d-camarena reply :
My favorite combo is a zodias on a chronarch ci4+.
But i dont enjoy it anymore than my berkley emotion with a shimano casitas.
Actually all my rods are my favorite
Chrismissbass reply :
Yeah, I figured most people would say that all of them are their favorites
new2BC4bass reply :
I'd agree with Goose, but that would mean I hardly ever have a favorite rod or reel. 
Therefore I have to go with "The reel/rod currently in my hand." I do have a few favorite favorites, tho.
Reels: Zillion 50th Anniversary, Primmus Xi HS, Helios Air, Alphas, TD-Z 105H, Pro Z
Rods: Fenwick Smallmouth in a couple sizes, Aetos 6'6" ML, Rainshadow RX7 MHF, 704CB Glass, Diablo Spec R and a couple of the original Tatulas
You figured correctly. I only have one rod that I actively dislike.
crypt reply :
my flipping stick that I made with my revo beast reel.
Ray K reply :
I'll answer with two favorites. I still fish with several of my combos from back in the 1970s/80s and I also have lots of modern combos.
So, my favorite vintage combo is my Ryobi AD4000V on a Berkley 5'6" Lightning Rod with a pistol grip handle. I have two just the same, one with 14 lb Trilene XL and the second with 30 lb. Power Pro. I use them for top water and crank baits.
My favorite modern rig is a Lew's Tournament Pro G with 50 lb Sufix 832 braid on a Quantum Escalade HD 7 foot Medium Heavy rod with micro guides. This is my Texas worm combo.
Believe it or not, considering the difference in technologies, both of these rigs weigh almost exactly the same - 11oz. (6oz reels and 5 oz rods). That surprised me.
Chrismissbass reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 5:23 AM, Ray K said:I'll answer with two favorites. I still fish with several of my combos from back in the 1970s/80s and I also have lots of modern combos.
So, my favorite vintage combo is my Ryobi AD4000V on a Berkley 5'6" Lightning Rod with a pistol grip handle. I have two just the same, one with 14 lb Trilene XL and the second with 30 lb. Power Pro. I use them for top water and crank baits.
My favorite modern rig is a Lew's Tournament Pro G with 50 lb Sufix 832 braid on a Quantum Escalade HD 7 foot Medium Heavy rod with micro guides. This is my Texas worm combo.
Believe it or not, considering the difference in technologies, both of these rigs weigh almost exactly the same - 11oz. (6oz reels and 5 oz rods). That surprised me.
Wow thats great. Keep Fishing!
trick worms reply :
Fenwick hmg and jm carbonlite
FrankN209 reply :
Probably my new 15 Met DC and St Croix Glass or my Steez and BPS Titanium.
MIbassyaker reply :
Spinning: St. Croix Avid X 6'8" M-XF + Pflueger Supreme XT 30
Casting: Fenwick Elite Tech Smallmouth 6'10' MH-MF + Lew's Tournament MB Speed Spool LFS 7.5:1
Paul Roberts reply :
Favorites? I do have some old friends that I appreciate owning very much. And some new friends too.
My favorite M spinning rod is a Skyline I bought in 1981. Still love that rod for light jigs, grubs, small jerkbaits, and DS. I have a Shimano Bantam 250 I bought in early 80s that I still love. It, along with a 1980's Berkley Bionix rod given to me by a Berkley rep, are my GoTo crankbait (and other treble-hooked lures) rig to this day.
Then there's my Kistler Helium soft plastics rod, and my Fenwick Techna jig rod. My BPS Carbonlite M spin is hands-down my favorite shaky rod. Ah! Can't forget my Shimano spinnerbait rod. And I'm really liking my Daiwa Ardito's... I could actually get teary talking about my fly rods so I'll stop there.
I have a lot of favorites.
WdyCrankbait reply :
Rod: Powell Endurance 723C
Reel: Quantum EXO HPT
Chrismissbass reply :
What would a M-XF rod be good for?
MIbassyaker reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 8:59 AM, Chrismissbass said:What would a M-XF rod be good for?
The spinning rod I mentioned above is used mostly for weightless plastics, especially wacky worms and texas rigged stickbaits and flukes. Shaky heads and tubes/grubs work well with it too.
I also have a 6'4" M-XF casting rod I use for topwater poppers, propbaits, and walking baits around 1/2oz, as well as jerkbaits.
Chrismissbass reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 9:08 AM, MIbassyaker said:The spinning rod I mentioned above is used mostly for weightless plastics, especially wacky worms and texas rigged stickbaits and flukes. Shaky heads and tubes/grubs work well with it too.
I also have a 6'4" M-XF casting rod I use for topwater poppers, propbaits, and walking baits around 1/2oz, as well as jerkbaits.
Awesome, Thanks
Robert Riley reply :
I'm caught between my Dobyns DX745c and Lew's Super Duty, or my Dobyns D685cb and Lew's TProG. Both are pretty **** solid.
Chrismissbass reply :
Should I mainly use spinning gear for fishing? I normaly use weightless worms, and occasionally a small or lipless crankbait. If so what line should I have on it and what spinning setup would be best for that kind of fishing. Thanks
DogBone_384 reply :
I'm of the same opinion as Kickerfish1 in that I have many baitcast and spinning combos that I prefer for different techniques, waters, etc., but to narrow it down to my favorite 'universal' setups, here you are:
My favorite baitcast rod/reel is my Abu Garcia Veritas 7' M/F that has a light blue 6.6:1 reel from ************ on it. No matter what I baits I use, this combo just feels right to me.
My favorite spinning setup is an Abu Garcia Veritas 7' M/F with a Pflueger Patriarch XT hanging below. It's my favorite spinning setup for the same reasons above. I wouldn't have bought the Patriarch XT if I didn't get it for an unbelievable sale price. The XT is feather light and S-M-O-O-O-T-H.
fishnkamp reply :
I think the most useful three rods to begin with are a 6'6 to 7' medium power fast or xf action spinning rod. This rod can handle a ton of baits we use to catch bass. They can trow unweighted plastics, 1/8 to 3/8 ounce texas rigs, shakey heads jigs with 4 to 6 inch worms, grubs tubes, creature baits, small minnow baits like lightweight Rapalas, and baits like 1/4 ounce rattle traps, silver buddies, even small top water baits like torpedos & jitterbugs,
The second most important rod is a 7 medium heavy fast action baitcaster. This rod can throw baits from 1/4 to 3/4 or 1 ounce. This rod can handle a ton of texas rigged baits, 1/2 to 3/4 ounce carolina rigged baits, jigs and a lot more.
For probably 10 years or more I fished with two rods just like the ones I already mentioned. My third choice would be a 6'6" to 7 foot medium moderate tapered baitcaster. this rod handles almost everything with a treble hook on it.
I started with only one type of rod then grew into the three rod arsenal. Spinning equipment is best to start with. It handles a bunch of different baits. The baitcasters handle heavier baits and baits that have more resistance in the water.
Chrismissbass reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 9:59 AM, fishnkamp said:I think the most useful three rods to begin with are a 6'6 to 7' medium power fast or xf action spinning rod. This rod can handle a ton of baits we use to catch bass. They can trow unweighted plastics, 1/8 to 3/8 ounce texas rigs, shakey heads jigs with 4 to 6 inch worms, grubs tubes, creature baits, small minnow baits like lightweight Rapalas, and baits like 1/4 ounce rattle traps, silver buddies, even small top water baits like torpedos & jitterbugs,
The second most important rod is a 7 medium heavy fast action baitcaster. This rod can throw baits from 1/4 to 3/4 or 1 ounce. This rod can handle a ton of texas rigged baits, 1/2 to 3/4 ounce carolina rigged baits, jigs and a lot more.
For probably 10 years or more I fished with two rods just like the ones I already mentioned. My third choice would be a 6'6" to 7 foot medium moderate tapered baitcaster. this rod handles almost everything with a treble hook on it.
I started with only one type of rod then grew into the three rod arsenal. Spinning equipment is best to start with. It handles a bunch of different baits. The baitcasters handle heavier baits and baits that have more resistance in the water.
Thank you so much, this was just what I needed to figure out what to get!
fishnkamp reply :
It is funny if you read enough replies on the forums you would believe you have to have at last 20 rods. You can not live without a flipping stick, a frog rod , a swimbait rod etc. My wife and I fished several clear drinking reservoirs, small ponds, and small streams and 2 mid sizes river. We never needed any of these rods until I started fishing tidal rivers here on the Chesapeake Bay. Now my frog rod, my flipping stick and several other rods get used all of the time. It is funny. However I have been fishing tidal bass, and then vacation on gin clear deep lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee. Those rods go for the 14 hour drive, along with about 20 others just in case LOL. What I am trying to get across is in the beginning I always suggest buying the best gear you can afford. i mean spend around $60 for a good spinning reel and around $100 for a baitcaster. Now if you have to save up for a bit do it. You will find, like I did, you never think about the money saved when using junk beginner gear, or having to upgrade. Back in 1980 I saved and bought really good Orvis brand fly fishing equipment.iu enjoy it everytime I use it even today! Some of my Pflueger President spinning reels are just a couple of years old, but we also have some that are at least 10 years old. Good Luck hunting your new gear. Once you get it give me an note. I can give you a few suggestions of lures to use based on the type of water you fish.
Raul reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 4:50 AM, Chrismissbass said:Yeah, I figured most people would say that all of them are their favorites
^^^^ Guess what ?
Darren. reply :
St. Croix Legend Tournament Walleye MLXF Spinning
Shimano Stradic 1000 FI or FK, take yer pick, they're
both awesome.
MassYak85 reply :
I don't have dozens of rods or any really fancy ones so my experience is pretty limited but I have loved my 7'2" HF Diawa Tatula more than any rod I have used so far.
new2BC4bass reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 9:22 AM, Chrismissbass said:Should I mainly use spinning gear for fishing? I normaly use weightless worms, and occasionally a small or lipless crankbait. If so what line should I have on it and what spinning setup would be best for that kind of fishing. Thanks
I am partial to baitcast reels, but for these I'd stick with spinning. I don't know what you consider "small", but light lures on a baitcast reel aren't easy to cast and for most of us require reels optimized for light lures. Some of the guys that have been using baitcast gear since the beginning of time have no problem throwing a 1/8 oz. lure on a MHF rod using 15# mono. I'm almost as old as dirt, but only got into baitcast reels in early '09 so I need reels designed for lighter baits.
However, If you only want to go down to around 3/16 oz. (total weight), there are a (very) few reels that can do it for us average guys that don't require a rather large outlay of money. Abu 1500 and 1600 reels will do it for about the least expenditure. My 1600s were less than $35 apiece. Prolite and the older gold colored Carbonlite (never used newer ones) low profile reels will cast that low with no problem, and an expensive one will run about $65. There are a few other options starting around the $150 mark, but they will be reels no longer in production. Almost any reel today should handle 1/4 oz. just fine.
I was out today trying to cast a 1/8 oz. crainkbait in the wind. Rod and reel were both very capable of doing it, but the wind was causing all kinds of problems so I gave it up. I wouldn't have had to if using a spinning rod.
Also the rod becomes quite important when casting such light weights with a baitcast reel.
For a spinning rod it could be a ML or a M (depending on rating) with a Fast or Extra Fast tip. There is no standard for rods. My experience with Abu is don't buy a ML spinning rod rated 1/8 oz. on the low end and expect to cast anything lighter. You could do as well hand-lining the lure. I don't use St. Croix rods, but read they are another brand that fishes a bit heavy. Fenwick's fish pretty true to their rating and I have always felt I got good value for my money. I use HMG and higher models.
I prefer 6# or 8# mono or co-polymer, but many today prefer braid in the 10#-15# because it won't twist as much on the reel. If you have a boat, then removing line twist from nylon lines is easy. Don't think that braid never twists because it sure will even on a baitcast reel with certain lures.
Spankey reply :
Whatever is in my hand at the time is propably my favorite just hoping for that big one.
But I'm a St. Croix fan with my rods I fish Premier, Avids and Mojo rods. Spinning and casting rods.
I like Shimano reels on the spinning side of things and Daiwa reels for casting. Never had a problem finding something I like.
I have a few Garcia set ups I really like also. These are mostly decent quality stuff for daughters or grandsons to fish with if they want to come along. My personal best Smallie held up with a Vendetta Rod 6'10" ML XF for a couple of years. Crushed that with one of my Premier series Crank bait rods in mid October.
Mike L reply :
I guess the way to ask the question is "Of the combo's you own, which is the one you would jump in the water to save if it went overboard?
For me it would be 2...
Fenwick Techna AV with a Curado I / Loomis MBR 843C GLX with a Chronarch 100SF reel.
Mike
roadwarrior reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 4:12 AM, kickerfish1 said:When you have 20 casting rod combos and 10 spinning rod combos narrowing it down to a favorite is like picking your favorite kid. Everything that I own I like and consider it a favorite. If I buy something and done like it gets sold, traded, or given away.
Most of my combos are technique specific with a few all around outfits sprinkled in. Some I like because they throw lighter weights better, some are better into a stiff wind, and some are flat out fun use.
That sums it up pretty much for me, too. But I'll play along and pick two:
Baitcasting: G. Loomis GLX MBR842C/ Core 50Mg
Spinning: St. Croix Legend Elite LES70MF/ Stella 2500FB
Scarborough817 reply :
i love my daiwa tatula type r 8.1:1 and i also love my daiwa ballistic rod
Redlinerobert reply :
Megabass stage 1 diablo sb paired with my monoblock racing Milano reel.
BigGame0892 reply :
Even after a few years of use its hard to beat my Shimano Curado 200e5 paired with a Dobyns Champion 705CB cranking rod. The Shimano is just a beast and casts a country mile, and the Dobyns can handle almost any treble hook bait you throw at it.
Chrismissbass reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 10:21 AM, fishnkamp said:It is funny if you read enough replies on the forums you would believe you have to have at last 20 rods. You can not live without a flipping stick, a frog rod , a swimbait rod etc. My wife and I fished several clear drinking reservoirs, small ponds, and small streams and 2 mid sizes river. We never needed any of these rods until I started fishing tidal rivers here on the Chesapeake Bay. Now my frog rod, my flipping stick and several other rods get used all of the time. It is funny. However I have been fishing tidal bass, and then vacation on gin clear deep lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee. Those rods go for the 14 hour drive, along with about 20 others just in case LOL. What I am trying to get across is in the beginning I always suggest buying the best gear you can afford. i mean spend around $60 for a good spinning reel and around $100 for a baitcaster. Now if you have to save up for a bit do it. You will find, like I did, you never think about the money saved when using junk beginner gear, or having to upgrade. Back in 1980 I saved and bought really good Orvis brand fly fishing equipment.iu enjoy it everytime I use it even today! Some of my Pflueger President spinning reels are just a couple of years old, but we also have some that are at least 10 years old. Good Luck hunting your new gear. Once you get it give me an note. I can give you a few suggestions of lures to use based on the type of water you fish.
Thank you, l will make sure to let you know
Steveo-1969 reply :
These are the ones I would jump out of the boat to save...
Baitcasting combo: G. Loomis NRX MBR 842c / Abu Garcia Revo LTX
Spinning combo: G. Loomis GLX WPJR821s / Shimano Stradic CI4+ 3000
soflabasser reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 1:37 AM, Chrismissbass said:Hi eveyone just wanted to know, Whats your favorite rod or reel?
My favorite fishing rods are the rods my grandfather gave me when I first started fishing(well over 2 decades ago).I still fish with these rods.
Catt reply :
KDW96 reply :
On 11/28/2016 at 8:43 AM, Paul Roberts said:Favorites? I do have some old friends that I appreciate owning very much. And some new friends too.
My favorite M spinning rod is a Skyline I bought in 1981.
I also have a 5'6 Skyline. Really nice ole rod, gonna put a new set of guides on it this winter. Ive used this rod since my dad gave it to me in 1980 
I wont get into my 4600 Abu's
On 11/29/2016 at 7:14 PM, Catt said:
I have that exact reel also. very sweet little reel!
webertime reply :
Any Daiwa TDZ variant with a Tatula Rod (or Zillion).
Mosster47 reply :
Casting: Phenix UMBX 7'7" M/L. Lew's Team Lite Speed Spool.
Spinning: Phenix UMBX 7'6" M/L. Pfluger Patriarch 3000.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 11/29/2016 at 8:26 PM, KDW96 said:I also have a 5'6 Skyline. Really nice ole rod, gonna put a new set of guides on it this winter. Ive used this rod since my dad gave it to me in 1980
I have a 5"6 Skyline pistol-grip casting rod too. It gets a occasional use when fishing from shore.
J Francho reply :
Don't really have a favorite, but I will say that my Legend Tournament Bass 7' MF with an Alphas or OG Zillion gets a lot of use. I have a Pinnacle 7-3 DHC7 MHF with a Pinnacle Primmus on it that is really a joy to use as well. Both are light, and balance well.
SJex reply :
Shimano Zodias 7' ML Spinning Rod with a Shimano Rarenium 2500FB
Powell Max 683C with a Shimano Curado 100D
Choporoz reply :
I may be off, OP, but I think that you were looking for this thread:
DaveT63 reply :
Loomis MBR842C GLX / Daiwa PX68L
St Croix LES68MXF / Shimano Stradic FK 3000
EllisJuan reply :
Metanium on a NRX 803c is the best all around combo I have ever used. Absolutely perfect in every way...
Catt reply :
bigfruits reply :
Tough one! I have to list at least 3.
NRX 843c with Scorpion 71 HG, GLX BCR 803 with Aldebaran 51 HG and NRX 852s with Stradic Ci4+ 2500
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