Whats everyone favorite rod and reel combo
 

I am running all shimaino rods and reels ( chronarchs, curados,crucial and cumara rods) these very awesome ! great warranty and feel great !

They make a crucial drop shot rod That is great for crappie and panfish

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Abu Garcia Veritas rods with Quantam reels. The Veritas rods are the best rods i've ever had my hands on. Although I do have a guy out of Knoxville that makes me rods that i like as well. Those are the only rods in my boat right now.

Never used any brand name rods only Bass Pro Bionic Blades and Pro Qualifiers. But they have Shimano Curados, round Pflueger Trions and a Shimano Lexica paired with. No complaints on any on them. The $45 Lexica is 19 years old, words all worn off but still performs as well as the curados for way under the price.

I really want to try the AbuGarcia Blax Max 2 that is around $50. It reminds me a lot of what I found in the Lexica and I'd gladly pay that for another 20 year reel.

Abu Vendetta & Veritas rods, Shimano Bantam Curado Cu100B's, BPS Pro Qualifiers and Shimano Calcutta's for flipping and carolina rigs.

I find the cheapest combo I can find.When one breaks, I mix and match with what I got left.Its all economics in the end!!

reels are much less important to me. I love the green bass pro extreme one's and have 4 of them that are at least 5 years old and are still great. And I love the blue pfleuger presidents for spinning reels.

I do love great rods. I have 2 loomis GLX's (1 flipping/jig rod and 1 shakeyhead rod) and a Loomis IMX and they are hands down, just awesome!! Now,I also got terrific deals on them used on craigslist and cannot remember ever buying a new rod. I also own 2 shimano crucials and they are awesome.

All Shimano Reels Curado 200E7's, 201E5's, 301E's, Stradic 2500, 3000, Stradic CI4's in 2500&1000, Sahara 2500, 3000, Baitrunner 80000, Sedona 1000's. I recived my 1st pair of Shimano spinning reels around 1988, and wen't to Abu Garcia when I went baitcasting only around 1995 for a few years and been back with Shimano for the past 3 years. Only 1 malfunction with a spinning reel and Shimano took care of me.

I haven't found a rod that I really like yet, so I have some Shimano's, G.Loomis, St. Croix, Abu Garcias, TFO's, Daiwa's, Quantums, and other various rods like Berkleys, but nothing has struck me yet to say this is the only rod I will throw.

I'm not happy where Shimano went with the Curado G Series, and Chronarch's, but I see when I go to replace the Curado E series I'll probably go with the Cores.

FAVORITE COMBOs - Shimano Curado E7 w/ Falcon Bucoo HVY rod 30lb Power Pro
SPINNING Shimano Stradic CI4 2500 w Mossyback Jig & Worm 10lb P-line Halo

Jeremy

Shimano's and Loomis rods. Several Bass Pro though.

Since we are on the subject of rods, I have a KVD crankin rod i want to sell if anyone is interested.

what model,length, and power and how much??

I have alot of BPS reels, the 10 bearing pro qualifiers are great! I really like the extreme and the lite series as well. I love the small size and the qualifiers are smooth as silk. I like my qualifiers more than my Johnny Morris. I think their 10 bearing spinning reel is the same as the pflueger president reel... they look interchangable. Either way, it is just as smooth for sure. I sold my shimano's and abu garcia's because I LOVE these reels.

Rods are tough. I like the BPS Extreme and Pro Qualifier, but my favorite is probably my G-Loomis. I have a St. Croix flipping stick that is also always on my deck!

I had a lowrider falcon I loved but after a little age I sold it before it had a chace to break ! lol One of my favorite rods ever held though has to be the New shiminao cumara it is light feels good has a great backbone with great action pair it with a core or a chronarch and you can cast it all day long

Never tried the Cumara, but I've been wanting a Core, so that would be a reason to get both.

Before making the purchase I need to get something to throw big 5oz swimbaits that I just ordered. Thinking about going Daiwa for this application instead of Shimano. The Calcutta TE300 was calling my name, it doesn't come in the left hand crank. Diawa has the Luna and Pluton that look really nice also and come in lefties. I'll keep using the Curado 301E for 1-4oz swimbaits, and it would probably work for the 5oz, but I'd feel more comfortable with a heavier round reel to balance out the bait better and think the TE400 would just be overkill.