Good evening,

 

I picked up a Bass Pro Extreme 60 Million spinning rod in excellent shape for $10.00 at a yard sell. It is 6'6" medium action, 4-12lb test, 1/8-1/2 oz.

I will be using this in my kayak for multi-specie fishing along with my MH bait casting combo which I have 14lb test on.

 

I want to put Pflueger President XT Spinning Reel on it. Not able to get to a tackle shop to look at them in person I am going to have to purchase online.  Would you suggest the Presxts P30. P35 or p40?

 

Thanks

Welcome aboard, Jeff!

 

Lots of Pflueger fans here. I'm a Shimano fan, myself,

so not a whole lot of help. However, for that size/power

rod, I'd not go much higher than a 2500 size. So I think

I'd opt for a 30 in your list....

30 Size..

My wife and I fish a lot of Pfluegers, mostly Presidents and one Supreme.  I prefer the 30 series for my medium light action rods and 35 series for my medium action rods. Physically they are not much different in size.

I'd opt for the 30.

I like the 30s. It fits my hand. The size 25 is probably a knuckle buster. You don't really need any more line capacity. 

I vote for a size 30 on medium rod under 7', although it's mostly a matter of taste. There are some differences with line capacity, drag strength, retrieve rate (or line pick-up per turn of the reel), and weight, which are all greater with a size 35.  You can compare them here:

http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/pflueger-reels-spinning-reels/pflueger-president--xt-spinning-reel/1405300.html

 

I don't worry too much about line capacity, as long as I'm using 8lb test or thereabouts. Max drag I also don't worry about here, as the 30 has more than enough (10lb). Retrieve rate of the 30 is already pretty good, at 31 inches per turn.  Generally, I think that as long as the bigger reel isn't obviously very advantageous on those three things, I am going to want the lighter reel of the two. If I had a longer or heavier heavier rod, that's when I would consider the 35.

The Pflueger President is a great choice.  It's a tank - durable & not too expensive for most folks.  I too, would suggest the 30 size.