Your "Loaner" Setup 2024

EllisJuan reply :

So, you are taking someone fishing with you that is visiting from out of town or for some reason does not have any of their own tackle. Do you have a designated "Loaner" setup? Of course there are some people you would let use anything in your boat...a family member, close friend, responsible experience fisherman, etc. I am just talking about your average buddy, with average fishing experience. The thought of a buddy blasting the tip of a NRX off of my engine cowling is enough to make me cringe. At the same time, I would want to put something in their hands that is enjoyable to fish with...something that is probably nicer than anything an average joe fisherman would have used. I don't really have anything right now that I would feel real thrilled about handing over. As I have bought nicer stuff, I have given away quite a few...to the point where my "worst" spinning setup is a Stradic FK on a GLX. So, I am thinking about picking something up I would be more comfortable loaning out and also not mind using myself if the occasion arose.

So, if you have a go to "Loaner" setup, what is it?

dsqui reply :

for now its my old mojos ive slowly replaced

Jar11591 reply :

My loaner set up is a 7' MF Berkley Cherrywood HD with a Shimano Sedona 2500 spooled with 20lb PowerPro and a 6' 15lb Berkley Big Game leader. 1/0 Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap hook with the barb crushed rigged with a wacky 5" Watermelon Senko. If you're a newbie fisherman, that's all you get on my boat.

I bought the rod and reel specifically for newbies I take fishing because I feel better about letting someone use it than one of my actual setups. That being said, it rarely gets used because I absolutely hate taking non-fishermen fishing with me.

Bankbeater reply :

A President spinning reel on a 6'6" Daiwa Procaster-S rod. I have two of them so I use one as a loaner.

custer reply :

Sweetwater:

MHX SJ843, stradic 2500fg

MHX MB843, revo sx

MHX P842, stradic 2500fg

Saltwater

Lamiglas p844, stradic 2500 (surf/boat)

Allstar 1267, stradic 4000 (surf)

7' "bucket" rod, abu 6500 (boat)

All built by me.

Nathan Burton reply :

My Loaner Set up is an Abu Garcia Black Max Combo. Nothing is more entertaining than watching a newbie try to cast a bait caster.

ONLY KIDDING.

If they are comfortable with a casting set up, I throw them a Black Ma Combo. If not, they get a Pflueger President Combo.

lmbfisherman reply :

My loaner combo are some 2 piece rods one a Shimano Zirca and the other An Okuma combo. Both spinning combos, in general I don't loan out my baitcaster combo. If I had too I'd lend them a bc combo I'd be ok lending the Fenwick Eagle or the Veritas paired with a PQ.

new2BC4bass reply :

For those needing a spinning rod, I'd suggest a President and your favorite $100 rod such as an HMG or Okuma EVX. A little cheaper rod, maybe a No.8 or an E-Motion. For those liking a baitcast reel, a Tournament MB dual brake reel at just under $110 from ebay mounted on one of the Fenwick Aetos rods currently on sale on the Fenwick website for $126 would make an awesome loaner and one you probably would enjoy using as well. For a little less a Tatula with an HMG or EVX would also be pretty nice or even a No.8.

A few guys on here have good things to say about the Dobyns Fury and Powell Inferno.

EDIT: Aetos currently at $95. Wow! Was going after one, but funds gone.

buzzed bait reply :

i don't really have one, but it'd be my lightning shock and pflueger trion that i use on the river.

if you wanted to get something you'd like to use as well, i'd look really hard at the daiwa tatula (the original, not the XT) on sale for like $110 at a lot of places right now. since it's a loaner and there's a good chance a casting reel may not be the best for a newer fisherman, i'd probably make it a spinning combo. add a pflueger supreme on to the tatula and you've got a great combo that i'd fish myself and have no issues loaning out.

Master Bait'r reply :

My kid's rods are my loaner setups. Three inexpensive spinning combos. Two of which are mediums- one with braid and one with 8lb CXX. The third is a MH with 30# braid. All basic bases = covered. They can choose whatever they want or all of them, whatever floats their boat!

I would keep it under $80 or so for a starter combo. I spend $20 on a Shimano Sienna and was really surprised how nice it is. Pair one with your ideal action in an Ugly Stick Elite or similar and you're out the door for under a hundred with a spool of line.

BaitMonkey1984 reply :

I usually give them a short durable rod like a 6ft MH Ugly Stick. They can abuse it all day long and the rod will take it. I won't worry about them high sticking, so they can fish without me trying to correct their technique to save a $300+ rod tip from exploding. Its win win for everyone.

MassYak85 reply :

A Pflueger President on a 7' BPS Tourny Special Rod. I use the combo myself when I am alone but it's easy to teach someone to use a spinning setup fairly quickly, and it's hard for them to mess it up like on a baitcaster. Plus an errant cast that damaged the rod wouldn't be a huge blow.

fishnkamp reply :

I would definitely start with a 30 or 35 sized Pflueger President and I would put it on a 6 foot 6 inch Berkley Lightning Shock rod. My wife fishes 1 Irod for frogs 3 G Loomis spinning rod for bottom contact baits and for cranks and traps one Berkley Lightning Shock rod. For the money it is a great rod. We use it for big stripers as well. The other rod I would suggest would be a 6'6" medium action Abu Garcia Veritas spinning rod. Often they can be found on sale for around $75 bucks. Both of these rods would feel good enough to use yourself if you wanted a spare with you for a day.

kickerfish1 reply :

Anything that would double as a pond beater outfit. Sub $100 rods and reels that function fine but may not look pretty.

Now if it someone I know and trust I would let them use whatever as long as they didn't abuse it.

lo n slo reply :

Shimano Caenan and BPS Tourny Special 6'6" MH

git r done

Steveo-1969 reply :

My GF gets to use my GLX spinning rod with Stradic CI4+ reel. I let my son use it one time. He didn't break it but was very careless with it and he isn't allowed to touch it anymore! I bought him a spinning rod and both of us are much happier about the situation.

My loaner is a Gander Mountain GSX spinning rod (no longer made but a great rod!) with an Abu Orra S reel (older black/red model).

Fishes in trees reply :

This issue come up every year when I go to fish the Fishing for Freedom project that the Leavenworth Bass Club puts on at Truman Lake. A couple of times I've been paired with a soldier who had NO experience using a rod & reel. I figure that spinning reels are a little easier to learn on than bait casting gear, so I put together 4 rigs that cover any fishing situation that we might encounter that day. All the reels are 2000 size Shimano reels spooled with braid and a fluorocarbon leader. I've got a 7' Med action rod for cranks/ reaction baits, a 7' MH Fenwick HMG for any soft plastics, a different 6'6" MH rod for lighter plastics and a 6' spinning rod for throwing at schools of white bass that we might encounter.

We start out learning how to cast and we generally have that down in an hour or so, then we tie on a Timber Tiger DC8 and go looking for fish. The past few years it has been a relatively shallow bite where shad are stacked in the backs of coves

Fishinthefish reply :

It's cheaper to drink, er I mean fish alone. I don't generally offer to take people whom don't have their own setups. Mainly because I don't have the patience to teach, or explain, or tie knots for other people.

Fishin' Fool reply :

My kid's Barbie princess pole isn't too good to share with my friends

.ghoti. reply :

any of mine qualify as loners. I do not fish with nimrods.

Onvacation reply :

Shimano Spirex 2000 on a 6'6" Med BPS Bionic Blade which seems to always have a Ned rig on it. The rod has seen better days and has a bit of a curve to the tip but no one seems to mind. My four year old nephew calls it our "guest rod".

byram bassturd reply :

Casting: 1st gen Cumara 68MHF/Metanium Mg7

Spinning: Loomis SJR 782GL3/Daiwa Ballistic 2000SH

Outdoor Zack reply :

I have an old shimano spinning combo that used to be used for casting light buck tails in the surf for bluefish. It's a MHF that's 6' long and has a size 3500 reel, which is a little big, but allows for easy use of the controls on it. I spoil it with 12 lb. mono and usually a t rig. It's simple to learn and pretty much bulletproof

roadwarrior reply :

I would start them out with my favorite spinning rig and baitcaster, then rotate every other rig I carry. I don't own a "loaner" rod or reel.

Megastink reply :

Here's a picture on my loaner set-up...

Travis Gasper reply :

Pflueger President combo. Can't go wrong for $75. I used it for 3 or 4 years before I got quite serious about bass fishing. I still use it occasionally, but that would be my loaner setup.

WPCfishing reply :

No loaners on my boat... To many mishaps.

Bring your own or stay home.

Turkey sandwich reply :

This is why I bought my dad a St Croix Premier (I believe... Maybe Triumph, in either case an SCII MHF rod), put a Pflueger President on it, and spooled it with 20lb 832 for Father's Day. I tied a leader and attached a non ridiculous sized snap on the end of it so he wouldn't tie on a size 00 snap swivel. Best investment ever. Substantially better than the cheap combos he owns and he now regularly catches fish.

I also keep a 7'Med Fast Premier/Sedona combo I've had for forever around as an extra spinning set up and loaner stick. I've been introducing more friends to fishing over the past few years, and it's been reliable, idiot proof, and not as cringe inducing as watching someone bend an Avid X in half. That rod has been a gamer.

Allen Der reply :

fenwick silverhawk with pflueger president spooled with 20lb braid.

fishwizzard reply :

I have a two-piece 7' StCroix Premier ML-F spinning rod I stick an Okuma 3000 reel on. It's loade with 15lb braid and gets a 5' floro leader. I tend to give my non-fishing friends something simple, like a Ned, inline spinner, or small paddle tail and the rod handles all of them well. Being a two part rod, I don't worry about the tip, as I can just replace the upper section.

everythingthatswims reply :

On 8/4/2016 at 10:03 PM, Master Bait'r said:

My kid's rods are my loaner setups. Three inexpensive spinning combos. Two of which are mediums- one with braid and one with 8lb CXX. The third is a MH with 30# braid. All basic bases = covered. They can choose whatever they want or all of them, whatever floats their boat!

I would keep it under $80 or so for a starter combo. I spend $20 on a Shimano Sienna and was really surprised how nice it is. Pair one with your ideal action in an Ugly Stick Elite or similar and you're out the door for under a hundred with a spool of line.

Don't doubt the Sienna

Sherlock 60 reply :

For guests and family I have 3 spinning combos: 2 Mitchell Avocet combos and an old BPS Bionic Blade rod with a 10 year old Symetre 2000 reel. For the real beginners I have a couple of old Galyan's baitcasting rods with Abu spincasting reels attached.

They generally don't get to touch my personal gear. Except, of course, for my wife, who uses my good spinning gear occasionally.

bigfruits reply :

I let them use my rods, I can only use one at a time.

I rather have them break a GLX or NRX rod that I can have replaced for $100 than a $150 dollar rod with no replacement service.

S. Sass reply :

If I have to share with a noob they get a Shakespeare 35 on a Shakespeare Ugly Stik 6' Med. Its the only Ugly Stik I have and its old but does OK on Perch and Crappie.

Like many others here I don't go fishing with people that don't know how and have the basics like their own rod n reel. Its not that I am trying to be rude but I really don't have anyone like grand kids or what not that are around for this to be a issue.

Yeajray231 reply :

Give em the daughters hello kitty aka the Gill slayer

Mosster47 reply :

I let them use my gear. I have the same deal with everyone. They pay for gas and can use the entire arsenal of gear and tackle, which is basically endless.

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