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Whatever size balances best on the rod you are planning to use... They all hold enough line, the smaller spool may cause some coiling of Mono and Fluoro, nothing a little line and lure doesn't fix. My Spybait/Shaky rod is a 7' ML with a Shimano Saros 1000 and 6lb Fluoro.

Your reels and line (assuming it's 4-6lb diameter) is fine. Any Fenwick should be fine. This coming from a guy who lives in a place that's frozen a large part of the year.

7' Mf for spinnerbaits 7' MHm for cranks jerks/spooks 6'8" mxf or 6'6" mf 7'mhf for footballs or c-rigs (or keitech type swimbaits)

Just the 7ft M Regular left...

A shortened spade tail worm is an awesome trailer. (Think Jelly Worm with a wider tail)

What he said.

Dollars to Donuts it's the same tooling as the OG Zillion so the spool should be able to swap into the old girls.

Some paints have lead as a filler too.

If you do, would it work for jerkbaits and topwater? (Pointer 100 and sammy )

Phenix Recon 766 or 796. Great for Frogs, BIG treble baits (Shellcrackers, Punkers, S-Waver, BBZ 6") and 6" Hudds. A Daiwa Fuego or Tatula (Even a Lexa 100 or Exceller) in the 6.3 should work spooled with 60lb Sunline Fx2. That Daiwa DX is pretty overpriced in my opinion. It's the same blank as the S-Rod or Tatula XT. Another option... Lexa or Exceller reels and Dobyns Fury 735 and 795. ~$160 per combo with black Friday sales/auction sites. Fewer compromises with trying to balance rod actions for so many tactics.

Itty bitty pit boss is a great flipping bait too. Regular pit boss gets most of my flipping.

Lexa 300 is a similar size in hand (a bit bigger). Same price and will hold 100 yards of 25lb mono. Magforce with A Rigs or Swimbaits is perfectly fine.

Dobyns 734/735 blanked rods Phenix 714/715 Lamiglas 734/735 St. Croix Mf

100mm Handles from the LEXA 300 (dual paddle) are ~$25. Just swap your knobs and hardware.

Chartreuse willow White willow (smaller) Chartreuse head and skirt with a pinch of green pumpkin in the top of the skirt. Smallmouth cannot resist them.

There's a 7ft ul moderate St Croix Avid in the classifieds for around $100. Tomsmustang or something close to that posted it. I have one and love it. Edit... Found it. $120 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/162989-shimano-spin-reel-croix-rod-lures-added/#entry1860807

They are shallow but starting to move out to winter homes.

It's a $2 part. Get one and repair, at least then it's usable if you need a reel.

LC Flash Minnows LC slender pointer Long A

They appear to be Purple Rages with Cork. and $20-30 cheaper than the Rage. I think that they'll do very well.

I bought a first production run Sedona in 1994. I gave it to a friend 4 years ago and it's still running great. I have an AX500 from the same time that just had the bail spring fail.

Red Necks... my favorite worm ever.

I have the 7ft ML spinning and I love it for drop shop and Spybaits. I throw it with a 1000 Saros and 6lb Inviszx. Nice comfortable rod with good sensitivity for the $. Compared to other $100 rods it's right there with the best... At $60, it's a no brainer.

Bend it down or up also changes depth. This is a really good old school tip.

Massachusetts stocks 100 tiger trout per "Sully" & "Patty" on the South Shore... there are more tiger trout than water in some places.