Your Fishing Rods , reels and line

[fisher12]

Which Rods ,reels and lines(yards,brand and type) do you use?
I use a Zebco 6 ft. rod with reel spooled with berkley trilene 8LB for panfish and bass.

 

[Rapala Boy]

I love this one.

I use a Shimano 13' Clarus float rod. A quantum Kinetic reel, 14 orange trilene sensation, 10 lb fluorocarbon for salmon and large steelhead!

 

[PainInTheBass]

I use the following:

Daiwa Super-Tuned Advantage baitcaster with 30lb green PowerPro and 30 lb fluorocarbon leader on a 7' MH Fast Okuma C3 for spinner baits and large (1+ oz.) lures.
Daiwa Viento baitcaster with 50lb neon fire Sufix Performance braid with 30 lb fluorocarbon leader on a 7'2" MH x-fast Rapala R-Type rod for worms, and heavy jigs.
Daiwa Fuego baitcaster with 30 lb neon fire Sufix Performance braid with 12 lb fluorocarbon leader on a 6'6" M fast Browning Midas rod for shallow crankbaits, jerkbaits and topwater lures.
Abu Garcia c3 (now a c6) 4600 baitcaster with 30lb green Daiwa Samurai braid with 30 lb fluorocarbon leader on a 7' MH mod-fast St. Croix Premier for deep crankbaits.
Daiwa Fuego baitcaster with 30lb neon fire Sufix Performance braid with 12 lb fluorocarbon leader which will go on a 7' med-fast custom rod for soft plastics.
Daiwa Sol baitcaster with 10 lb neon fire Sufix Performance braid with 6lb fluorocarbon leader which will go on a 6'6" L fast rod for finessse presentations.
Daiwa TD-Pro spinning reel with 20lb neon fire Sufix Performance braid with 6 lb fluorocarbon leader with 6'6" Browning Medallion GT for light soft plastics.
Mitchell 310xe spinning reel with 4lb P-Line with a 5'6" Fenwick UL for panfish.

If you read all that, thanks lol.

 

[wymen]

St Croix 9.6' Wild River MH /w a Stradic 4000 for Salmon. (20lb Power Pro tipped with 8lb or 12lb Seaguar Fluoro)
- Worked great for casting into the Lake, not the best on the river. Seems too short..

St Croix 7.6' Triumph H Muskie - No dedicated reel, but when I fish Muskie I'll throw my Shimano Curado on it /w 50lb Power Pro with 125lb Seaguar leader.

Shimano Convergence 7' M /w Daiwa Exceler 2500 (Line varies.. usually do 30lb Power Pro /w 12lb fluoro)
- Bass.

Abu Garcia Vengeance 6' M /w Shimano Symetre (8lb Seaguar Fluoro)
- Been trying to use this as a finesse rod... Sensitivity is not the best...

Abu Garcia Vendetta 7'6" MH /w Abu Garcia Revo SX (50lb Power Pro, 15lb SeaGuar Fluoro)
- Usually texas rig this one with senko worms.

Rapala R-Type 6'6" MH /w a Shimano Curado (50lb Power Pro, 20lb Seaguar Fluoro)
- Crankbait.. / frog.

I'm still debating what to do with my extra Curado. No I'm not going to give it away :wink: .. I'm thinking about getting a St. Croix Tourny Jig & Worm... but I'm also debating if I want to get into fly fishing which will suck up a ton of money!

Oh.. I'm also debating to downsize my fluoro to maybe 12lb at most to get better action.. I think I'm losing bites b/c the fluoro is too stiff wrecking the action...

BTW if I were to do it all again, I would do St Croix rods all the way... Stradic for spinners and Curados for baitcasters.. Maybe a Voltaeus as a crankbait rod but definitely a curado reel. Night and day difference between the curado and the revo sx. As for rods, what can I say, I love my St Croix rods... Sensitivity is amazing... workmanship is solid.. Made in USA... I can't wait to get a St Croix Tourney rod...

For line, trust me I've tried almost all of the major braid players... I'll only buy PowerPro moving forward. Spiderwire, seems to be all marketing fluff - which sucked me in... invisibraid my as*... I probably won't stray away from Seaguar... Tried Trilene Pro 12lb Fluoro on a spinning setup - first cast was ok. - when I opened the bail for the second cast, a small gust of wind unraveled a good portion of my reel. Seemed like the line was possessed! Never had a problem with Seaguar even at the 15lb. I did have 1 break on Seaguar line but it was my fault... Felt some abrasion on the line after fishing through some heavier cover, was meaning to re-tie after the next cast, who knew that I would get a bite... 3 awesome jumps and then snap... put it this way, I learned my lesson.

So in summary, St Croix for Rods, Curados for baitcasters, Stradics for spinning, Power Pro for braid, SeaGuar for Fluoro...

Wymen.

 

[Mykester]

I have a browning rod and a browning reel (bought seperate not a combo). It's beautiful.

 

[BaitCaster]

1. 6' 6" medium heavy St. Croix Legend Tournament rod; Shimano Calais DC baitcast reel; 30 lb PowerPro braid.

2. 6' 6" medium heavy BassPro Carbonlite rod; Basspro Johnny Morris signature series baitcast reel; 20 lb Berkley mono.

3. 7' 2" extra-heavy Basspro Nitro rod; Daiwa Tierra baitcast reel; 50 lb Spiderwire Invisibraid.

4. 7' BassPro medium Crankin' Stick rod; Cabela's Prodigy baitcast reel; 20 lb Berkley mono;

5. 6' 6" medium Cabelas Prodigy rod; Shimano Symmetre spinning reel; 12 lb Powerpro braid;

6. 6' ultra-light Daiwa rod; Daiwa (can't remember the model name) spining reel; 4 lb PowerPro braid.

future rig - 8' 6" heavy St Croix Wild River Salmon/steelhead rod; Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Record casting reel (it's on my Christmas wish list!!)

 

[frozenfire]

Too much :wink:

 

[jc53]

Too much :lol:

Ditto I can type out many pages.