SmallTownTexasAngler

Okay I'm looking for some good quality reels for under $150. I'm wanting to get into tourney fishing so I need something that will hold its own when I need it to. I have a Daiwa Tatula Tactical in 8.1:1 spooled with the old school spiderwire stealth 50# green braid and absolutely love it, just wish the drag was a little stouter. I will however be putting it on my C&T-Rig and Jig rod once I get my frogging and flipping setups ironed out. I was looking at getting the *** *** 8.1:1 for $120 from TW but can usually find the *** 8.1, and Concept C 8.1 on eBay new for $155 ish. Brand doesn't matter a whole lot just as long as it will haul in the fish plus the salad bar that usually comes with it when flipping and frogging mats.

Okay so I'm looking to deepen my arsenal quite a bit. As of right now I am looking for a flipping stick, and treble hook rod for jerkbaits, topwaters, small cranks, etc. I am also needing to get a finesse spinning setup since my current one is a $15 Walmart combo I got from project prom 3 years ago. Looking to stay as close to $100 as possible per rod but wouldn't mind spending an extra $30 or so. My current rods are a Powell Inferno Frog and Toad 7'2" Mag H-F, a Mojo Bass 7' MH-F spinnerbaits rod, and a Kistler Magnesium TS 6'9" MH-XF that I've been throwing jigs and small swimbaits and reaction baits on. I do mostly bank fishing so I would prefer a 7'6" flip/punch rod. I have been looking at the Dobyns Fury, Castaway Taranis CX1 as well as the Duckett Ghost and the rest of the Inferno rods since Powell dropped the price by $20. Any info, opinions or suggestions are appreciated thanks.

Okay I'll go look. Also, does anyone know if having my reels hydro-dipped would cause internal problems? I'm trying to get on my college fishing team and if I make it I'd like to have custom painted reels.

Does anyone know where I could get one of the 100mm overswept handles for the Daiwa Tatula reels? It comes standard on the Tatula Tactical but I want one on my Tatula HD200. Where do I get one?

OKay I am looking at either the Shimano Compre or the Powell Inferno and I wanna know which one of those lines of rods is more sensitive while retaining a lot of backbone?

Okay so I am deadser on getting a Dobyns, but for my finesse spinning rig should i get the medium or medium light power? My choices in length are 7' if I get the Fury, and 6'9" or 7' if I get the Savvy Micro Guide.

Okay I am looking at a Powell Max 765SBR MH-F (not the new 3D, the old one) and I was wondering how it would do on the following techniques: Hollow body frogs and toads, flipping, pitching, punching, and paddletails up to 5" with 3/8 oz weighted swimbait hooks

Has anyone tried the Sunline Defier line?

Okay so I am looking to stay as simple as possible by running Co-Poly line on all my rigs except for a couple i will be running straight braid on. So my question is, what is the best CoPolymer line in terms of sensitivity, memory, shock absorption, and castability? *Note: I will be running 12# test on everything with possible 50# power pro super slick backing in case i need one rod to perform multiple duties at any given time.

Suggestions on power, action, length, etc. for pop-r, heddon torpedo, chug bugs, and other topwater hard baits?

I need some SERIOUS sensitve rods for my new setup as I am wanting to get into tourney fishing as a co-angler (no boat yet). I have a Mojo Bass and a Falcon Jason Christie and the Falcon feels like the handle is wrapped in some thick foam as far as sensitivity goes. The Mojo is WAAAAYYYY more sensitive. So should i get more Mojos or should i get something else? Looking for about 5 more rods, 4 casting and 1 spinning. the 4 casting rods will be used for flipping/punching, topwaters/jerkbaits/fukes, crankbaits all depths, and texas/cal rigs/jigs/swimbaits. As for the spinning rod I am looking at a Shimano Compre 6'8" Medium Extra Fast but am not sure how sensitve it is.

Looking for a dedicated Flipping/ Punching rod that i can also launch those new Keitech toads into the next county with. These are the rods I am looking at right now: Denali J2 7'11" Extra Heavy Fast iRod Genesis II Bub's Punch Rod 7'11" Heavy Moderate Fast Phenix Maxim 7'11" Heavy Extra Fast Daiwa Tatula XT 8' Heavy Fast Anyone have any experience with any of these? Or any other suggestions? Thanks!

I would suggest either a Dobyns Fury 7'3" Mag Heavy/Extra Fast or an iRod Fred's Magic Stick 7'5" Heavy/Fast. Both are $110 at TW.

I actually went to Cabela's yesterday and picked up a St. Croix Mojo Bass 7' Medium Heavy-Fast for $83 on sale. That'll be my frog rod for now since it I needed a Texas Rig/Jig rod as well. And I have a Daiwa Tatula Tactical 8.1:1 in the mail to put on it with 65# Power Pro

http://www.***.com/Daiwa_Tatula_Tactical_Casting_Reels/descpage-DTT.html It does have the MagForce Z