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What reel is it?

Try a 7 ft medium heavy mod fast with braid. Hookset power will be limited but the braid counters that

Great set up

That^ Or a uglystick junior combo. I have one and i even use it myself sometimes

Wacky and bitsy jigs

Every reel recommendation on this site will be for diawa. Get what you want not what others want. The curado is an awesome reel. I beleive its equal or better than the diawa but thats personal opinion. The 7 gear ratio for sure

Whatever rod you end up using. But for reel id also recommend the lews superduty. Beast of a reel. I have 3 and they are strong. Built for flippin, frogging and punching. I even throw hudds on mine

I use 50lb braid on medium and medium heavy rods. Casts just fine. Im not taking any chances on the fish going into cover. I can horse em in without having any problems. 30lb digs in my spools when i try to horse a fish. Using braid on a mod fast rod should have no problem setting a hook. On flouro or mono its a little harder

When in doubt... 12 or 15lb big game

In left they dont have anything. I use the superduty. My favorite reel

I also used to have all high end rods, mostly gloomis, diawas and shimanos. Due to some financial troubles i sold em off and slowly bought all lews rods. Mostly their mach2 series rods. Im as happy as i was and still catching the same fish

I use either a 4000 or 3000 you are correct. Drag almost locked down but not all the way. Just enough to hear it on the hookset

I do it with both. But i gotta say its fairly easy to horse in a fish from under a dock using a 6'8 medium heavy fast rod using 30lb braid on a spinning rod

8 and 10 is perfect for spinning

Try it. Lets see what those reels are made of

You are correct. But the mach 2 rods by them selves are all im6 still. Just check at my local store. So in summary- mach2 combo is im8. Mach2 rod is im6

I think we are done here. Thread locked. Wait im no mod

Out of box i liked my shimano over my diawas

I use a lews superduty 8.1. Very strong reel

I used to love my lews lfs. I thought it was the beezneez. Then i bought a custom speed spool and was amazed at the difference. Now i want to try a higher end one

True. I would like to find out too. Although my im6 is an awesome rod honestly

Im pretty sure its a typo on the website. I have the combo and its im6. I also have a rod i bought seperate and it also says im6. But idk i may have gotten the wrong rod with my combo

Mach2 is not im8. It is im6. I have one in my hands right now

Awesome reel. Very underrated. Very smooth retreive. Good for skipping too

Flouro for no leader