SenkoGuru

The Duckett rod's are a night Vs Day difference over the Veritas. Go with the Duckett You will love it.

It will depend on how deep you're going to fish. Big cranks? SQ Bills? Shallow cranks? Then we can number it down more.

I really like fluoro for the reason already stated but right now at this time of year I am using Seaguar Senshi Mono. The reason is because I am fishing thick grass this time of year and the Fluoro get hung into the grass, it sinks ahead of the Senko and the line is down in the grass and that really bothers me. Also I like for the Senko to fall as slow as it can and the Mono makes that happen.

The Duckett 7'1" Medium Heavy White Ice is the best do all rod I've ever used. It is perfect as a all purpose rod.

*** has good rods at $100 but Hold the rod and make sure you like the handle. I can't use them because I hate the way the handle sits in my hand but the rod is pretty good for the price. Duckett Ghost rods are also a great rod at $100 and the Denali Kovert are around $120 and they are very solid rods.

I have two Chronarch E's the 200E7 and 200E6. They are very solid reels, built like a tank. Nice and smooth and they will last you a very long time. They are MUCH better than the G series reels. I also say this as mostly a Diawa/Lew's fan too but you can't go wrong with the Shimano Chronarch E, good stuff.

I also would put this reel in a special place and keep it safe. It was your dad's reel and from the wear it shows just how much he must have loved it. I would not take a chance of it being stolen or lost while fishing with it but I would keep it safe.

Duckett 7'1" Medium Heavy White Ice, Daiwa Tatula Type R, 17# Suffix Mono with a Senko in Watermelon Black and red flake.

You can buy the Daiwa Tatula new in store at around $149.99 but if I was going to buy another one I would check with Mr. Ron at Valley Sports.

out of what you have listed I would go with the Tournament pro. It is a much better reel, but, and isn't there alwat a but........I would tell you to buy a Daiwa Tatula reel, this is so, so , good, and will not even understand it all until you are out on the water throwing it. The reel is amazing.

Duckett White Ice and Powell Endurance Rod's

I do have Xp With this exact same rod. Last year I wanted the red series 7'6" also for this so I decided to take a chance and buy one. It was, IMO, A massive mistake. The first one I got was broken but it was just a crack running along the rod blank just as if It had been stepped on, I returned it and had another rod shipped and the second one had pitt's and places where the finish was knocked off and a couple of line guides did not quite line up right. I got another rod and it was fine. The rod looks great and it is very light but it ends there. The rod does not make a good jig/worm rod at all, the rod just fels dead. I'm not really sure how to explain this but it does not have the crisp thump most rods have when a bass strikes, the rod just has a dull thud. I now will fish moving baits with mine but I will not fish worms/jigs with it because you can miss light strikes with it.

I would get the Duckett 7'3" Heavy Ghost rod. The rod its self is better than the Veritas but the problem with the ghost rod is the line guides. I'm not very happy with the line guides they choose. They are ok and will fish just fine, I just wish they would have put better line guides on the Ghost rods, I would still get it over the Abu though because rod to rod it is better for $100.

The Duckett Rod's are great fishing rods. I have tried many, many rods through out the years and I'm sort of a fishing gear collector. I think the Duckett White Ice rod is leaps and bounds ahead of the Dobyn's. I hate kigan guides and the Dobyns are pretty much just over priced Powell rods imo. I got a Dobyn's DX 745 after reading all of the internet hype and expected it to be the fishing rod that dropped straight from Heaven, It was far from that and I was not impressed, after fishing the Dobyn's for 30-60 minutes, I sat it down and picked my Duckett 7'3" Heavy White Ice back up. I doubt you would not like the Duckett. If you happen to get the Duckett let us know what you think. P.S. I am not paid anything at all by Duckett, I just love the product.

I've tried quite a few brands of braid and Power Pro is still the best that I have used. I always seem to switch back to it. I have not tried the new Waxed Power Pro and I doubt I will.

ConGrats, that is a sweet reel, I hope it catches you a whole bunch of good bass too. The lew's BB1 Pro is a really nice reel also, you will love it.

For treble hooks baits You need to get either a medium heavy-Mod-fast Action graphite rod or a Medium-Fast Action graphite rod.

The KLX is a nice rod but Kistler has one of the worst warranty in the rod business. it is only a one year warranty and to me that is bad when you can get a rod just as good with a 20-year or even life time warranty on it. If the warranty is important to you, stay far, far away from kistler rods, if the warranty doesn't matter then this is the right rod for you.

The max and Endurance are not the same blank at all. the endurance is the way to go but that is not to say the max is bad because it isn't. If you took a Powell Endurance and painted the reel seat, stuck a couple of $1.00 rod wraps on it and stuck a carbon reel nut on it, you would have a Dobyns DX for $209.00 less.

The president, IMO, will compare to the BPS Johnny Morris Sig reels if you have ever fished or held one of those. I think you would do very well to go with the President over the other at that price.

The BPS PQ is a great reel for the price. When you want to go low it is about the top of the list, also for $50.00 (Even less on sale) The Academy H2o Mettle is a great reel. If I was wanting to spend in the $100-$150 range though it would be either a Daiwa Tatula or a lew's BB1 or Tournament. You can buy the Lew's Tournament for around $120 if you look around and it has a dual breaking system that I find to be much better than the Lew's tournament MG with the single Mag break. I hope this helps.

Did you mean combo as in buying both rod and reel together or did you just mean a nice combo? For the $150.00 range I would buy a Denali Jadewood rod ($100.00) and an Academy H2o Reel. ($49.98) with a metal frame. If you meant a combo together the other guys nailed it.

If you wanted to stay with Dobyn's, I would listen to the others and just get the Savvy. I would skip out on the Duckett Ghost if I was in the $100.00 Range, although I am a duckett fan I just can not tell someone to buy a Rod when I know they can get better for the same Price. IMO, the Duckett Ghost is better than the Savvy but to each his own. If you wanted to stay at $100 for a spinnerbait, swimjig rod I would look into the Denali Kovert 6'9" MH Spinnerbait rod. It is quite nice at the price it is selling. If you wanted to stay with the three you have listed I would Go with The Powell Max, it is leaps ahead of the other two and it would fit into the Champion line at a much better price. All of this is just IMO.

Duckett Makes VERY nice fishing rod's and backed by a 20 year warranty, you really can not go wrong buying a Duckett. Being new to fishing I can understand that you would not want to spend a whole lot of money to start with but I would Say save up and buy at least the Duckett Micro Magic, The Duckett Ghost rod is ok for a $99.00 rod but you will see a big difference going up to the micro magic and an ever larger one going to their best rod, the Duckett White Ice, which is amazing. I would tell you to always buy the best gear you can afford, even if you need to save a little longer. It always makes things much better. Also Denali Makes some very nice lower priced fishing rods (Kovert, JadeWood) that you may want to look into. I hope this helps.

That's all that matters, I hope the combo serves you well for many years and you catch some real hawgs with it.