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Try roll casts. That helps me with any of my BFS im having issues.

Can't go wrong with either one. I ended up with the three of them and I've been catching tons of crappie and bass with them. I even caught a small channel with the Bucoo. They each have their own positives over each other. The Evo has an old school style full grip. The Bucoo looks more modern but is super sensitive. I was able to catch tons of dink crappie with it. While the Lowrider has a bit more power in it and a super soft reversed cork grip.

No experience with the buoyancy but if you want to check out videos with someone using old 18 rods, MDLR on YouTube using most of their models.

Sorry for the delay in response. The FX ones were not as fancy as your reel. Here is what mine looked like

It depends on the company and model of rod. I think Inshore rods just means the components are salt resistant. Some companies Inshore rods will have standard bass powers while some are a touch higher. For example: Tsunami carbon MH is rated up to 1 oz while a Penn Squadron M I have is rated up to 1 oz.

That's how it is with 1 of my beater rods. I have an older gen 6 ft spinning M lightning rod shock with an avenger okuma reel. I learned how to drop shot with it. Though I have tried nicer rods for drop shot, it just feels like the action on the shock is just right for me. So I keep using it

You might be over filled for Abus brakes. All it takes is an 1/8th of an inch over spooled to cause over runs. I remember when I first got some MGXs I ruined 2 spools of sniper blowing up the spools all day. I have a Gen 5 SX which has the same brakes and it casts pretty well. I just made sure not to over fill the spool.

I really like the Evo lite I've been using recently. So when I saw my local Academy had some Falcon rods, the baitmonkey said "that one" and I picked up a Lowrider Lite spinning rod.

SLX BFS or Curado BfS would go well with the dobyns rod. Or the new Ark gravity reel. Just based on how you mentioned you're not going super light.

Not the current Shimano FX but the previous ones with the quick fire plastic trigger thing. I think new ones are all over ebay still. The most bulletproof reel I've ever used. Sure it's not fancy and only $19 but I have some that are 15 years old and never been cleaned. I had some from the mid 90s that almost made it 20 years. One finally died when I went to flip the bail with the trigger and the bail and rotor just grenaded in my hand. They're like the AK47 of reels.

The Light and UL Bucoo spinning rods go for 54. Even the Lowriders are less than regular Lowrider price. They are $99.

I have a question about the lower end rods. Are the Evo and Bucoo spinning rod Light blanks different? I know the grips are. Evo is full length while the Bucoo is split grip. Evo is $59 while the Bucoo is $54. If they're different I would want to try them out. I have been really enjoying the Evo light rod. So while I was at an academy earlier I was digging through the falcons. Found a Bucoo and a lowrider Light spinning. I'll get them both to add to my Evo if they're different blanks.

Picked up one of the gen 5 revo SX SS reels. Trying light braid for regular casting like some of the inshore guys do with the Lews SP. So far it's really surprising. The reel feels a bit bigger than the 3rd and 4th gens. I haven't heard much about the 5th gens so I thought I'd give one a try.

Persistence paid off! I checked my local Walmart a few more times and finally looked up on the combo side of the rod section. In the middle of the combos were two Evos. They were $32 and not $20 but I got them anyways. (The reel was not included )

They may have changed the bail on the newer Legalis based reels but I think they added something to make you forget about it. When the new gen JDM Legalis came out, I watched I_fish's videos on it and I noticed a really distinct click when opening and closing the bail. I kind of liked it in the videos, but thought it would probably sound different in real life. But actually, it sounds just as good in real life. When I open and close the bail on my JDM legalis, it has such a satisfying click. My new gen Exceler also has the same click. I lucked out around my bday and was able to pick up an Exceler for the same price as the JDM Legalis from MidwayUSA. I would like the air bail on these reels, but I'm fine with just the upgraded click.