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I have 2 shallow spool reels,1 baitcaster and 1 spinning reel (jdm 2000 Shimano Miravel) and to be honest I wasn’t thrilled with either at first. I had the casting reel spooled with 7 pound monofilament and the spinning reel with 8pound Daiwa Grand X-8 braid, both reels would be pretty much emptied on the casts I have to make being a shore bound angler fishing bowl shaped retention ponds. If I was in a boat, kayak or canoe I might feel differently making shorter precision casts but I’m not. That doesn’t mean I’m giving up on either reel and in fact as I said I’m planning on buying a proper bfs rod next season as I found 6 pound Suffix 832 has given me what I’m after for line capacity in both reels. YMMV but again I’m sticking with my response of trying a cheaper bfs spool before purchasing a new rod.

@Jigfishn10 Whenever I drink tequila I think of the Joe Nichols song “Tequila makes her clothes fall off” or even more so “10 rounds with Jose Cuervo” by Tracy Byrd😆😂

Had some company over last night and he brought some tequilas with. I’m not normally a tequila drinker but when in Rome😉

@LokiDawg On the latest sales thread @txchaser found Kistler KLX rods for $99.00, although I know nothing about them it seems like a pretty good deal to look into.

@Smirak This is without a doubt the most generous offer I’ve ever received on here, and I’m seriously wondering if you’re being serious 🤔

Although I’m extremely jealous I feel this should be posted in the rod and reel monkey purchase thread😉

@LokiDawg Best of luck and as always keep us all updated if and when you make your decision.

Ok so the TCS-A is about $40.00 over your price range. Although I don’t own any of the models currently I would suggest looking at the 13 Fishing Oath series at $99.99 currently. They have a large selection and again I don’t own any currently but I’m planning on adding at least 2 after handling them in store along with having a Fate Black spinning rod currently, in my opinion you’re getting a lot of rod for the price. I’ll also add as others have said I think you should be looking for a heavy powered rod regardless of if it’s mod fast or fast which I would personally use braid on a mod fast and co-polymer or monofilament if you get a fast/extra fast depending on your preferences.

If you can swing the price which you might want to share for suggestions I have a Okuma TCS heavy powered fast action rod that I feel would be perfect for what you’re looking for. It’s marked as a frog/swim bait rod and has a pretty soft tip with a solid back bone. It’s rated up to 1 ounce lures.

@Bazoo After reading your most recent response I’d say you should take @Bigbox99’s advice and look for a cheap bfs spool, at very least you’ll only be out $5.00-$20.00 vs the currently $99.00 for the crankin stick and if you’re not happy with the spool give it away or sell it locally to recover your losses. In the end you might find out you like the whole bfs thing and then you can put the money you saved towards a proper bfs rod.

@Bazoo I do have the rod in question although it’s the previous version along with the medium powered rod again previous version. Last season and the season prior I almost always had one or the other with me at all times and with the medium the lowest weight lure I felt comfortable throwing was/is the KVD 1.5 square bill whereas the medium light had either a KVD 1.0 square bill or a inline spinner that I believe is a 1/8 of an ounce. My reel choices I do believe made a difference as the medium has a Abu Garcia Revo AL-F paired with 10 pound big game monofilament and my medium light has a DreamTackle/Okuma Hakai reel with 10 pound Suffix Advance Monofilament neither of which have bfs spools in them and I can assure you I had zero issues casting either lure on my medium light rod with plenty of distance but it is a pretty soft rod throughout and not what I would call a bfs rod which I’m looking to add next year in the form of a daiwa Tatula XT or Daiwa Tatula series.

@Jigfishn10 Speaking of Oktoberfest beers I picked up a 12 pack of these yesterday and as a bonus the 12 pack was 50% off.

@Kirtley Howe Not too many years ago Old Style made an Oktoberfest beer available only in cans as I recall and it was by far the best Oktoberfest beer I ever tried in my humble opinion 🍻

@Jigfishn10 I knocked back quite a few of those years ago when I went through my German Beer phase. I really enjoyed the dark beer Beck’s produced along with St Pauli girl, but the best German beer I’ve ever had was from my brother who was stationed in Germany (Air Force) for my 18th birthday when he sent a 6 pack each of Lowenbrau regular and dark. Another one no longer produced that was good was the original Michelob dark. Dang now I’m getting thirsty 😆

Good suggestion @A-Jay 👍🏻

If she’s serving Bigos make it 24😉

After reading she’s hosting 22 people I’m guessing your mom is a pretty tough cookie. I sincerely hope she’s doing well and continues to do so.

@GreenTrout Looking forward to reading your on water report and best of luck with both the golf game and fishing.

@Pat Brown I don’t know if you’re familiar with the older Field & Stream rods DSG used to carry but those Ozark Trail rods remind me of them but at a cheaper price.

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One of the first rods I bought when getting back into fishing was a Wright & McGill pro insight advantage rod from Walmart. Although they changed the reel seat which I’m not nuts about I think judging by what you describe in other posts I think you would be pleased with the blank overall. Here’s a few photos of mine vs the newest version. Sorry the photos aren’t great. I should also add my version and I do believe the new version which I did hold in my local store both have micro guides which you may not like I’m not sure about but it’s definitely a great budget rod in my opinion.

I’ll take your word for it my friend 😉