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Thanks guys for all the replies. I backed the cast control knob out again and the little square washer was either wore down or had thinned out over the years. I took another washer out of a junker reel that I found in the closet and took the square one out because it seems wore out and replaced it with this other one and its working now. Made a few casts out in the yard and its casting great. The old curado has seen her better days and she's been put through the ringer but I'd take them e7's over anything made today.

It has a carbon fiber looking piece in it unless its missing another one

So on one of my curado e7's my spool tension will not get tight. If I tighten my tension knob all the way down the spool still spins freely like theres no tension at all. Take the cap off and the spring is in place I lubed up all the bearings and still does the same. Wondering if one of you guys have experience with this before i can talk to my reel guy on monday. Thanks

I had some veritas.. although they are very light and sensitive for the money I had several break on me.. had a 66m break boatflippin a small bass and had 2 7H break. One that still puzzles me cause I had caught 100’s of fish on and one day had a bite set the hook and snap.. but i still got the fish in

Buy rods that fish whatever you use most.. What you need and what you think you need are 2 different things

Nothing wrong with an abu black max to get you goin.. as others have said you can get a good deal on a daiwa fuego On amazon i bought one not long ago for 65$.. For a rod try academy brand ethos micro, daiwa airdx, or a falcon HD all are really good rods less than 100$. Your total setup is gonna run over 100$ though

Y’all behind times need to get the vmc drop shot hooks that have the swivel through the eye.. tie any knot you want on it attach a leader with a weight and get on em.. line doesn’t twist As bad neither

I actually saw some of these rods onsale at academy for 149.99.. it took everything in me not to buy one and try em out. They were the 6’6” and 7’ mag bass rods

Hate to break anyone’s heart but the next person going to lews is MARK ZONA!!!

I use an original falcon bucoo micro 610H mf.. lews tournament pro 7:1 15lb mono.. the rod is stiff but does have some tip too it.. I use this rod for spinnerbait Buzzbait chattering all works well on this rod

Aluminum frame is a must.. how bout handle size.. if I’m winding alot i like a bigger handle that’s comfortable.. also IPT.. I found out earlier in oife that its better to have the same reel across the board instead of a hodgepodge of reels

Hey guys reading the post and was just wondering would it be ok to fish football jigs with a braid to flouro leader I have a shimano citica 200d that is on my frog rod and would like to double it on a football jig rod this winter it has 50lb braid on it would that be to heavy of a braid

Falcon has 2 7ft rods that are heavies. A 6 power 12-25 which is more like a med heavy I would say and a 7 power 15-30 which I feel confident in saying its a heavy but not like a broomstick heavy like most people think. They are really good rods for the price but I do miss the bucoo micros those were some bad rods at a good price point and were made in the good ol USA

I actually went and bought the 7’5” a couple weeks ago to have as a braided line flipping stick.. I put one of my shimano castaic on it with 65lb power pro super slick its an awesome combo waitin for that grass bite to get hot

Berkley Trilene Big Game best line out there and cheap as dirt.. boat flip the big girls all day long with 20lb

I will suggest a falcon bucoo sr 7ft mh mod fast.. its a sweet little rod and can be used for tons of applications..

I have the 7’3 H bucoo sr. It would be perfect for the situations you listed i use mine for flippin/jigs/carolina rig

I am vertically challenged as well and my favorite rod length is 7’3” i have several. Have a falcon bucoo 73h also have both duckett ghosts 73 mh and h. I have 7’6” rods as well but I mostly use them for flipping and throwing A rigs.. people saying height has nothing to do with rod length but I have had some 8 footers and they definitely have there place I’m just more comfortable with a 7’3” rod

I was actually going to buy a g force 7’4” for jigs but man the more I played with it it felt more like a mh to me than a h..

Buy some h20 xpress mettles 49.99 and invest the rest into your rods.. I would rather have good quality rods and just a reel that will last a couple seasons at least.

Them 100 Bantams are money I’ve got 2 and a 50 mg chronarch.. when they stopped making the “e” version of the curado and swapped over to lews tournament mb.. a very user friendly reel and still super smooth you can find them on sale right now for around 100$-120$

Thanks man I’ll look into that

So thats a graphite blank?? Does it let fish engulf a wake bait if your deflecting it off dock posts? My thinking is that a composite or glass would be better

I think I’m gonna try a lews David Fritts perfect crank rod.. 6’8” I can get it on amazon for 69$..

Whats some good 6 6 composite cranking rods out there.. i want one for throwing little stuff like bandit 100s berkley squarebulls under boatdocks and around trees something i can be real accurate with..