First post here, have been reading about Dobyns rods a little and have seen them mentioned here.

 

...a little background, I live in NW WI, fish lakes and  rivers with everything from light action spinning rods to bait casters to fly rods...I'm far from a purist (I'm a fisherman first, everything else is just a way to catch fish).

 

I tend towards fishing plastics for smallies, but manage to trip over a lot of largemouth in the process.

 

I currently own mostly St. Croix and Temple Forks Outfitters rods, like the way both fish, but have seen some good comments and reviews about Dobyns rods.

Dobyns are great rods. I am fortunate enough to have 2 of them. As you may be aware, Dobyn's have 3 lines of rods. Savvy, Champion, DX lines. Each of these lines have technique specific rods that basically address almost all types of fishing applications. In my case, I own a Savvy 703 and Champion 736. I enjoy fishing with these rods very much. Each have served me well. My other rods are St. Croix's, which are great also. You will not be disappointed with Dobyn's imo. 

Great rods! When I turn over my rods next time I am either going dobyns or tfo

Thanks - I am moving more and more in the direction of technique specific rods where in the past I've sort of chosen a general purpose rod, or made something adapt where it wasn't really the best choice.

 

I really like the TFO rods I've bought in the last few years (most of my got-to bass-pike-musky fly rods are TFOs, as well as about half my conventional gear.

 

I made a move last spring to a different boat (Crestliner CMV 1850) with a lot more and much more useful rod storage and that fishes better than the walleye style Lunds and Crestliners I'd had before and it is a lot easier to have technique specific rods accessible on-deck with the new rig.

Warranty, balance, and the work behind the scenes of Gary and Richard are the strong points. Also price relative to the diverse amount of rod choices... ie full or split grip, various lengths, and blank types. I have 5 rods total and am fairly familiar with the lineup.

Like anything else choosing a rod would depend upon weight of baits and price point limitations since you fish fairly diverse cover and bodies of water. A 3 powered rod would be a good starting point like a 703 or 743.

Dobyns are awesome, crisp, light and well balanced rods! I think the 734 or 733 would be great rods to start out with personally

Great rods! When I turn over my rods next time I am either going dobyns or tfo

Oh really?!?! Interesting lol

Oh really?!?! Interesting lol

Lol shhh