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| HOW DO YOU PICK WHICH REEL TO PUT ON WHAT ROD?? DO YOU BASE IT OFF WHAT TYPE OF LURE..
FOR EXAMPLE I LIKE A HIGHSPEED RATIO FOR SMALLER BUCKTAILS AND GLIDE BAITS TO PICK UP SLACK LINE QUICKER??
SO WHAT IS EVERYONE ELSE'S INPUT??? |
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| Good ? I'm constantly having to rethink this as I upgrade/buy new equipment. I will try and match a 6,3:1 reel when using jerk/glide baits. Other than this, generally use 5,3:1 on all other rods except for one rod that I have my Penn 975 4,5:1 on. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | simple answer yes, I match the reels to the rods and the baits they reel in....ie, I'm not going to throw a glider w/ a 9' rod and Trinidad 16N...
match the reels to the rods and the baits you throw...
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Location: Michigan | I match them based on what application (lure) I am using the rod and reel for. Low gear ratio reel with a 9' MH rod for big bucktails, medium speed reel with a 9' XH rod for big plastics, high speed reel with an 8'6 rod for jerks, etc. You definitely want to think about what baits you re going to be using when setting up rod/reel combos as having the right set up will make fishing a lot easier. |
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| personally i think it all depends on how many rod and reel combinations you want in the boat with you. if you plan on 5-6-whatever # then you will certainly, thru the process of trying various combinations, find the "magic" combinations. i did that in the past and within the last 5 years have gotten that down to one that i pick up 90% of the time because of its' overall versatility. for me its' the st. croix xh legend big dawg rod coupled with a shimano curado 301dsv (vs. my daiwa lunas which have been wonderful but are not quite as "versatile"). why? because the reel can handle anything great maybe except for the reel when "burning" db 10's but i don't have much of a use for that presentation anyway so that's ok with me. with that being said, the croix big dawg loads very little in a fast 8 which is what i want. this heavier duty dragged reel that is super smooth / incredibly quiet / low profile for ultimate comfort when palming all day / very light weight at 10.5 oz / high speed 6:3.1 ratio reel that handles jerkbaits / big rubber / #8 / #9 db's / cranks / etc, pretty much anything darn good. unlike other rods out there, the big dawg in my opinion, handles big rubber baits very well on down to lighter weight baits. in my opinion, you can "efficiently" throw lighter weight baits with this heavier fast tipped big dawg rod but you can't "efficiently" throw big heavy weight baits with a softer tipped rod, therefore this rod is at the top of my list as far as "versatility". if you want to spend the cash for 5-6 "top / medium / low end" rod / reel combinations then certainly go for it, if not spend a good buck for one "top end versatile" combination and get it over with knowing that whenever you pick it up you will know exactly what it will / can do irregardless of what bait is on the end of it! if i had to leave the dock with only two rod / reel combinations, #1 would be the one above and the backup would be identical to #1!
Edited by STUSHSKY 12/21/2009 7:53 AM
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