BocaGrande

Okay time to get detailed. I just returned the st croix rod and bought a daiwa lexa rod and STILL getting line slap.. so here are the details: Spinning Rods; Field & Stream Tec-Lite 6'6ft Light action 4-8lb line Micro guides Shimano sahara 2500 8lb silverline copolymer. NO PROBLEMS St. Croix Triumph 7ft medium fast action 8-12lb line Shimano sahara 2500 14lb trilene, 12lb vanish fluoro, 8lb silverline copolymer. LINE SLAP. JUST PURCHASED- Daiwa Lexa 7'3ft medium heavy extra fast 8-17lb line Shimano sahara 2500 8lb silverline copolymer, 10lb I forget the name mono. LINE SLAP!!! I'd rather not try a different line. Unspooling and respooling is getting pretty old lol so I guess the problem is my reel? Or am I just choosing incompatible rods EDIT: for the record, the rod i originally made this post about was a Bimini Bay Outfitters 6'6 Medium and returned it because of the line slap. then bought the st. croix triumph and again line slap. so i returned the triumph and just got the daiwa lexa. the other 6'6 rod i mention is a field & stream tec-lite... this rod i already owned and paired with my sahara 2500 in the beginning, with no issues.

Not the orange triumph X, the model before that i guess... just the triumph, black blank cork handel

It's a 7ft medium fast St croix triumph. I made a post about it to see people's opinions on the rod, then this happened. A 2500 sized reel with 3 different lines is no good.. but a tiny 20 series pflueger president with the same line has no issues...

This just in! I put my president 6920 (tiny lil guy) on my 7ft rod and absolutely zero line slap... maybe I should try out a 1000 series reel for this rod?? Same line as what I tried on my 2500, 6lb co poly

I can try! Might take me a bit though

I will be painting mine soon. Just got a used gen 3 abu revo s, the pearl white tinted to a yellowish and there are chips in the paint on the side plates. I'm going to strip them down with either paint thinner or remover. Whichever doesn't affect the graphite/plastic. Planning on spraying it a WICKED awesome color.. or maybe just redo the white.. we shall see!

Not a bad idea. Please let us know if it works out, if got go through with it.

I checked them out before I bought the rod, and again after the slapping occurred. They seem pretty straight to me

Oh man :/ another thing to add is that with the 2500 reel on this rod, the line does not touch the back half of the stripper guide.. meaning when reeling in, the line will turn and only contact the guide at the furthest part FROM the blank..

What reel did you pair yours up with?

For my final attempt I spooled up 8lb copolymer and still have line slap. So looks like the 2600 reel goes back on my 6'6ft lite, and I'll be looking for a 3000 series reel for this rod!

so i see some people say that they use a medium light or whatever rod for their "treble hook" lures... do you use the same rod for topwater trebles also? would my 7ft veritas winch series be useful for topwater poppers? is a crankin rod okay for this application?

Same as I have, is yours the older model or the new orange?

Perhaps it is the line itself. The 12# is quite a this diameter though. I will try a lighter #test

I'm well equipped with my baitcasters, haven't touched my spinning outfits in a while. So I bough a new rod and spooled up that 14lb line. That's when the problems occurred. I switched the line to 12lb fluorocarbon, and switched the rods... still line slap.

will overfilling the spool cause line slap?

Ah I knew the name sounded familiar! I forgot they came out with those orange ones. I decided to use my intuition when shopping and forgot about those lol well I got mine for 72 bucks and can't wait to try it out

Just got a triumph spinning rod for a good deal, anyone have any experience with these? Im not sure how many editions have been produced but to my knowledge this is maybe the newest one.. flat black blank and all cork handel

I have 12# braid I've been wanting to try on a spinning outfit. Do you think this would solve the problem? If not, would the reel be the issue? Because this 2500 reel I have works great with my 6'6ft lite rod with micro guides, perfect together.**edit** sorry for the typos, using my phone. Grammar corrected!**

I just spooled the 2500 reel with 12# fluorocarbon, and put that on my 7ft st croix. Still a lot of line slap. And this rod is rated 7ft medium, 6-12lb, 1/4-5/8oz. Casting a 3/8oz plug to test it... line slapping like crazy

I cant pinpoint the exact location of the spund, but it seems to be happening between the first guide and the reel.. which is most likely liNE hitting the rod somewhere, right?

So I Just got a new spinning rod and paired it with my Shimano Sahara FE 2500, seemed great in the store. The rod is a 6'6ft medium fast, 14lb max line with standard sized fugi guides. (The rod feels like a medium heavy to me) I've had some trilene 14lb solar line laying around and decided to try it out.. I spooled it up and went to test it in my yard, but when I reel in I hear a slapping sound every couple of turns (not consistent) any ideas??

too much oil?

Academy WAS selling the daiwa lexa rods for real cheap maybe... 2 months ago. I think it was like 60 bucks shipped.