thehooligan

Same here, i prefer the dropshot though...

My ultralight combo is a 5ft st croix triumph with shimano sedona 500 with 4lb sufix elite. My light combo is a 6ft st croix premier with daiwa fuego 100 with 4lb sufix elite. My best is a 2.5lb bass on the ultralight setup, was a great fight !!

On my dropshot/senko rod i use 15lb power pro super slick with 6lb yozuri hybrid for my leader, works great.

I know you said you dont want used, but you should be able to find a nice good condition used curado for $100 on ebay.

i picked up a symetre 1000 on ebay a few months back, had the same problem and returned it. Im also curious what the problem is....

I second the stradic fj, i have the 1000 on my dobyns dropshot rod and its smooth as butter, awesome reel.

I use the double uni knot with pline flouro, havnt had a break yet.

great video and music.

Casting distance is great, i can wing a sammie a mile.

same here

I love the rod. Works perfect for what i use it for, topwater and cranks. Pretty much all i do is throw 3/8oz sammies and 1/2oz banana boats with 15lb braid. Also is so light with a ci4 on it.

Ive brought some nice bass in on 4lb line with an ultralight rod. But 99% percent of my fishing is 10-15lb braid for topwater, and 6-8lb mono/flouro for dropshot and senkos.

i can hold out until i have a few beers and surf ebay or TW, lol.

Nice fish Ive been sticking with dropshotting 4.5in roboworms, wacky rigged 4in senkos, and topwater. Its been slow, but hopefully it picks up soon.

lol, i dont have anything against pfluegers, i own one. But the only one i really liked was the supreme xt,

There good reels, not sure id go that far though

Topwater, my sammies and banana boats will be getting action all the way till christmas

I only use medium action rods and lighter, medium/light being my favorite. I use my 6'3 fenwick smallmouth rod for topwater duty and works great. But i just picked up a jackall dagored at 7/8oz and is too heavy for that rod. Plus ive been throwing frogs and losing fish due to the rod not having enough backbone. This will be my first medium/heavy and i hope it works well for bigger wakebaits, frogs, and swimbaits.

I only use the double uni knot, havent had a knot break yet.

I got the 6'3 medium rod, picked it up off amazon for $90. I love the rod, its my most used. I do alot of wading and usually travel light, just this rod matched with a stradic ci4 2500 and a backpack.

I wish they had the ltb spinning rod on sale, id buy that right now...

I picked up that fuego 100 on the sale, its a great reel, just have to get used to a 4:7:1 gear ratio. Im so used to my shimanos at 6:0:1, the 4:7 is a bit slow. On a $100 budget id be looking for a used stradic, i love my 1000fj which i picked up new on ebay for $130.

Went with the coalition 704 from btd, couldnt pass it up at $160.

Im going to be throwing 1/2-3/4oz frogs, a few 5/8-7/8 topwater baits, and a few 1/2-1oz swimbaits. I know im trying to do alot with one rod but im curious what rod action would be better the extra fast or fast ? I noticed the powell is extra fast and the dobyns and crucial are fast.

Thanks for the feedback, the crucial was the only rod out of the three that i got to handle. I thinking in ruling out the dobyns and i didnt hear great reviews about the gl2. So i guess its down to the crucial and powell endurance. What rod do you think is lighter ?