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Awesome man hope you enjoy it! I know we're not used to this cold up here, I think everyone's plants are dying...

Bounder5150 what reel are you putting on it? Hope you enjoy fishing the rod and catch a bunch of good fish on it! Are you guys having cold weather down there? Definitely a cold snap coming through up here.

This has gotten a little out of hand. I don't really have the time to come on here and argue. My best advice is to try to find a way to get both rods in your hand, if you can't then this internet stuff has to do. All this junk about light and balance and all that stuff, it all looks good on paper, but to me it comes down to enjoying fishing. I enjoy fishing with certain rods, some other people prefer a different rod, there's nothing wrong with that. Even with rods by the same manufacturer people are going to choose different rods for different techniques, that's just the way it goes. Nowadays features and benefits of rods are going to be similar, my best advice is go by what you feel. That is exactly what I did, and I ended up with mostly Dobyns in my rod locker and I have 8 Powell's for sale. There's nothing wrong with the Powell rods they just weren't my choice between the two. I have a 701c, 765cb, 734c, 735c, 703cb, 7105c, 733s, and 704s for sale for anyone who's interested. There's my stand, fish what you want, I don't see where anyone of those two people posted hogwash about fishing... Someone asked if the Dobyns was worth the extra 100 dollars, to me it is, he also asked people's thoughts which some have shared. I'm sorry but while we're talking about hogwash... "Lets get the facts straight. Both are great rods and you cant go wrong with either. The Savy series was the latest rod by Dobyns, and was brought about to compete in the price range of the Powell and others. It is not as good as the Powell rods." I just don't understand why you can come on and say someone's claims are outlandish at best when you drew first blood with this statement. I apologize, there's nothing wrong with Powell rods, they're a good line and served me well before I wanted to move on but if you think anyone isn't going to take what you're saying with a grain of salt after reading this whole post then I don't know what to tell you. Wish you lived closer 5150 I'd bring a Powell and a Dobyns to you from someone who has both and you could feel which one suits you better.

Cigarleaf that 744 is the first Dobyns I purchased and it absolutely hands down was my personal favorite rod I'd ever picked up. Enjoy it! Thing is Awesome, sometimes you get attached to a certain rod and that one is it for me! haha

Snag Proof bobby's perfect frog in Fred's Frog. Black or tweety are other good colors for me.

I'm another vote for using the rod you have now for cranks and getting a Dobyns Savy Series 734 and a Curado e7. Great combination that will last you for years and you shouldn't "grow out of".

I love dartheads. I've seen every soft plastic thrown on one and catch fish. Senkos, flukes, basstrix, other non weighted swimbaits, flashtrix, roboworms, hand pours, yamamoto shad shape worms, grubs, hula grubs, tubes. Everything I have in my tackle box that has caught fish on another rigging method has caught fish on a darthead. They're not always the highest in efficiency but time to time they do work, and sometimes when nothing else will. Darthead is actually my number one bait that I tell absolute beginners to learn to use. If they learn to work it and get bit I strongly believe they can get bit on any other "feel" bait out there. Primarily they are a finesse technique and while I wouldn't consider them a high percentage bait when it comes to big bass, they'll still hit it. I personally use 6-8lb fluoro or mono my choice is p-line halo in 6lb, a spinning reel with a decent drag, and a medium to medium heavy action spinning rod in 7' and up length, my choice is a dobyns dx743. For baits I use just about everything but I also like straight tail worms, some favorites are pro-worms, roboworms, magic worms and the dichoso baits David listed are also awesome. I use a 1/8-1/4oz limit lures darthead. Hope you have fun with the bait and feel free to pm me and I'd be happy to answer other questions, I love the thing and it's still one of my favorites when it gets really tough!

The Dobyns 795 would perform much better with those baits. Plus, you'd be able to have some growing room if you decide to go to larger baits. The Dobyns gives you many more options and will even cast lighter baits very well. Hope this helps!

I order 100 packs from ebay, they come in large or small. The large is meant to fit the 6-7in baits but I usually use them for the 5" as well. The small is meant for the 4-5". As far as size I'm not exactly sure, I just go small and large.

If you're getting a rod big enough to throw a Huddleston, get some type of wake bait. Ac Minnows in 9 or 7 inch are popular as well as an MS Slammer, and yes, they still work during Winter.

What baits are you looking at throwing on the rods? Any idea on sizes and weights, or maybe your favorite baits you're looking into?

If I were looking at 2 oz or less baits I would go with 20-25lb test. I am not familiar with the yo-zuri in those line sizes but I throw Pline CXX for all of my heavy swimbaits and it's worked great for me so far.

I love cxx. I have used it in 6-8lb on spinning reels up to 25lb on my swimbait gear (which is what I caught my pb on). I'll be the first to say that it can get a little coiled, one other thing I do on the higher lb test lines is I do pre-stretch it a little before I go fishing, it lays nice and flat and I believe it helps with casting distance and overall management of the line. Also I do spray all my line down with KVD line and lure.

This is the absolute worst product I have ever used in bass fishing. I bought some because I saw that it was cheap about a year and a half ago, it never even made it to the lake. I had my girlfriend who is about a buck ten pull knots enough to break them on 10lb test. Maybe so you don't completely waste it you could use it for casting practice or something?

Bobby's Perfect Frog. Walks easy, casts great, plenty soft for great hookups and the colors are easy to pick!

Citica is the best reel in it's class and I trust Shimano to last!

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For me the Shimano line offers the best in durability and value. The Saros and Stradic are both nice reels in your price range! I recommend them!

I hate braid. I really do, I hate the way it sounds going through the guides, hate how it casts, hate how it feels on the reel. That being said, I use it for frogs. To me it's not worth the fish that I lose on mono or other types of line. With a frog for me, the absolute no stretch is a plus. I also use it when punching heavy cover, aside from that I can hardly stand it. You CAN use mono, although I would not recommend using it at all whatsoever, you will lose fish because of it versus braid and that's just the way it is. I have a stubborn old man who has done his fair share of bass fishing and turned him to braid after he saw how many more fish I hooked and put in the boat on a frog than him using 15-25lb mono. Yo-zuri hybrid was ok line until I used it for 2 trips. This was in winter and I put it back in my garage after use. Went out my next trip and it was so coiled I couldn't believe it. This was 10 lb test, I have a buddy who uses the 6 and likes it but for me there are a lot of other lines out there that handle much much better. It is inexpensive but to re-spool so often does not justify it for me. Hope you catch a big one on a frog, it sure is fun!