I'm looking to replace a 2500 symetre on my dropshot/finesse rod - Aetos 7'6" ML/XF.  First and foremost, I want something that will balance nicely and has an awesome drag. Can be 1000 or 2500 size.  I'll be spooling 6lb Tatsu.

 

Patriarch 25? Stradic? Sustain? JDM?

 

Recommendations?

24 minutes ago, Puggz said:

I'm looking to replace a 2500 symetre on my dropshot/finesse rod - Aetos 7'6" ML/XF.  First and foremost, I want something that will balance nicely and has an awesome drag. Can be 1000 or 2500 size.  I'll be spooling 6lb Tatsu.

 

Patriarch 25? Stradic? Sustain? JDM?

 

Recommendations?

 

No idea how heavy that rod is, but I would think a larger reel

would balance it better. I found a 1000 Stradic to balance 

perfectly on a BPS Carbonlite - 6'6" spinning rod. You're talking

10" longer, and the Carbonlite is pretty darn light.

 

Absolutely love my 1000 CI4+, FK, FJ, and FI reels (in that order).

We do have a 2500 FJ on my son's 7' ugly stick inshore select rod

he uses for salt water. Rod balance is not bad with it. So I'd think

you could swing a 2500 for balance.

Stradic 

Stradic FK

 

Another Stradic vote, and I'm a bit partial toward the CI4 models and the 2500 size...

 

-T9

I would go with a Pflueger Supreme 30 series reel.

Stradic or Daiwa Ballistic.

 

IMO once you get to the $200 price point and above nothing really competes with Shimano and Daiwa