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I just don't have that kind of willpower lol

I can honestly say...in my entire life...I've never broken a rod.

Then h/f veritas rod it is. I've thrown 4oz catfish sinkers with it. No big deal.

Why? I throw cranks on the m/f all day long. No problems.

Maybe that's why they haven't processed my order yet from two days ago ?

For casting rods, I have H/F and M/F. You can literally do ANY kind of bass fishing with just those two, and do it very well. Zero need for H/MF, H/M, M/MF, or M/M unless you wanna be a hipster about it.

Me: no sweetheart. I know what the website says for the fender stratocaster custom shop guitars. I got mine when they had that sale.

THIS we agree on 100% I want the most sensitive rod I can get for under $300. So far, I've not paid more than $180, and have no need to.

Well, I'm determined that today's purchases from TW will be my last rod and reel purchases for quite a while. I got two new Abu Garcia Veritas PLX tournament edition rods (one casting, one spinning), and an Abu Garcia Revo SX reel. That's enough combos for me for a few years.

Likewise. As I said, I feel I have too many as it is, and have been considering selling some or giving them away because it's overkill. Getting super-specific with rods/combos isn't necessary. We are talking about a fish here...something with an IQ of like 4. People make fishing WAY more complicated and expensive than it needs to be in my opinion. It's a FISH. My bass fishing workhorse is a 7' Abu Garcia veritas rod in h/f. I use that rod for chatterbaits, Texas rigged powerbait pit bosses, a-rigs, and frogs. It does them all very well, and there's no way you'd convince me I'd catch more fish if I had a different rod for each lure.

Ordered two rods and 1 reel. Rods say Dec 4th due to backorder status. Reel says Tuesday.

Some people believe you need a different kind of specialized rod for every different kind of lure in your tackle box. I use the same rod for swimbaits, jerkbaits, jigs, and even Texas rigged soft plastics with no problems. Not saying it's the case here, but in every group/forum/etc there are going to be people on the far ends of the bell curve...the ones who think you need a $500 rod for 1/4oz spinner baits and a different $500 rod for 3/8oz spinner baits. I have 15 or 16 rod and reel combos and already think it's too many being as I only actually use maybe 3 or 4 of em regularly. Others will bring 20 with them when they go on a weekend warrior Saturday afternoon fishing trip. People try too hard to emulate the pros in my opinion...gear snobs mostly. Anything other than a $300+ st croix is garbage in their opinion...and you need at LEAST six of em. You do NOT need three different rods for what you described. Just get a medium/fast rod and you can do everything you listed with no problem.

Thanks for the opinion :). I'm gonna try it out just to see what it's like.

Confirmed about the Abu Garcia rods I wanted...they were 20% off upon checkout. Wonder why they advertised them as excluded.

Pretty much lol

Yep...saw that. Only things I want are a Fantasista x rod and a Revo stx to make myself a new bass combo.

Might know...nothing from Abu Garcia I want is on sale.

How is that stuff compared to sufix 131? Seemed very similar to me.

I use 10lb sufix ProMix on my spinning setup. Baitcaster, I use 20lb. No leaders necessary.

I can honestly say I've never had that happen to me before...sorry bud.

Abu Garcia veritas tournament edition. I own several. They are as sensitive as rods that cost twice as much.

As a rabid Abu Garcia fan, I agree lol

Trout fishing is SO much fun

Mm...flatheads. I'm gonna have to go catfishing.

Was going to post this exact color. It rules. Theres also the opposite color: pearl/silver with purple flakes