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I have the 7’ M spinning rod. I spoke with the guy at the store before purchasing the rod, sounds like they use Loomis blanks to make the rods. They have great action and feel, I highly recommend it

Only issues I would see is the weight of your baits being outside of the rods suggested ratings. You can get around that tho if you do more of a sweeping cast than try to whip it for distance overhead

I’ve had both and honestly it comes down to preference. The mojo has a softer tip but as far as quality and sensitivity goes they are extremely similar

If you’re open to other rods, I say get another Shimano to match. The Shimano Exage is right at the $100 dollar price range normally and gets great reviews. They are also on sale right now for $80 on TW

I’d look at a falcon Bucoo, they have a really soft tip that makes it perfect for top water. Plenty of backbone too

On the low end of your price range, my favs are the Fenwick Aetos, St. Croix Avid X, and the G Loomis E6X. I picked up the Fenwick recently and honestly I’m partial to it right now, but I don’t think you can go wrong with any of these

I’m really enjoying mine so far as well. I still have plenty of line on the spool to cast with even with the shallow spool. From my experience, the MSRP was pretty spot on as far as placement in Daiwa’s line up. It’s been a great reel so far and it feels like one that’s going to last. It’s definitely high quality

I have the previous BuCoo rod but I imagine they are pretty similar. I have the 7’ MH MF and it makes a great spinnerbait rod and all purpose rod. I personally think they don’t get enough hype at that price point

That would make a great all around spinning rod, you’d be able to do all of your spinning applications with that rod

I’m quickly becoming a fan of Winn grips. Really like the feel and they look pretty sweet on a lot of rods

Just came in the mail today. This is my first JDM reel that I’ve owned (got it of TW, they had it labeled as JDM). Daiwa EM-MS2506H

Well these don’t appear to be on TW anymore but I’ll still give a review. It ‘s a normal 2500 size for Daiwa, so it is a standard size reel for bass. What I do like about it though is that it has a shallow spool similar to a lot of the newer finesse baitcast reels. Even though that won’t help with casting distance on a spinning reel, I’m happy I don’t have to spool as much line. It it feels incredibly smooth and honestly it would be worth every bit of the original retail price IMO. I’m excited to get this reel out on the water this coming weekend.

Personally I’d go with a higher test brace. I use 30 on some of my bait fast rods but that’s as low as I go. You may like the feel of the 15# but thats my recommendation.

I’m personally a Suffix and PP fan. I hear good things about smackdown though, can’t go wrong there

I have one of the previous generation Sahara (2500 FE) and it has held up great, still smooth. It’ll be one that stays in my arsenal until it goes out, whenever that is. As far as rod recommendations go, I would check out the Fenwick HMX. It’s a great rod at $80. Honestly speaking, if you open up your price range for the rod to $100, you get a lot more options of rods. You can get a nice rod for $80 though