I am looking for a great swimbait rod, reel, line, etc, that can last me a good while. Don't have a budget

Okay I have to ask what size swimbaits?  

These baits range from plastic swimbaits ( rather lightweight)  to the big ones that may weigh over 7 ounces.

 

If you are talking about the standard Huddlestons or things like a Deps Slide Swimmer, than a rod that covers up to 5 ounces should be fine. For that I would consider a Dobyns Champion XP series model 795 SB.

 

They run all the way up to a rod like the DC 908 which handles a ridiculous 8 to 24 ounce bait. 

 

When it comes to reels look for one of the Abu round reels or a Shimano round reel. They make some good ones as far as I know.

This is a bit specialized technique so I would spend some time on you tube watching videos and make note what reels they are using most often.

Yeah, need to know what swimbaits we're talking about here. 

9 hours ago, fishnkamp said:

Okay I have to ask what size swimbaits?  

These baits range from plastic swimbaits ( rather lightweight)  to the big ones that may weigh over 7 ounces.

 

If you are talking about the standard Huddlestons or things like a Deps Slide Swimmer, than a rod that covers up to 5 ounces should be fine. For that I would consider a Dobyns Champion XP series model 795 SB.

 

They run all the way up to a rod like the DC 908 which handles a ridiculous 8 to 24 ounce bait. 

 

When it comes to reels look for one of the Abu round reels or a Shimano round reel. They make some good ones as far as I know.

This is a bit specialized technique so I would spend some time on you tube watching videos and make note what reels they are using most often.

More medium to larger swimbaits

Yes but are you talking deps and huddleston big? Or something like gambler big ez? Theres a huge weight difference

Yeah some folks "larger" swimbait is a 5" Shadalicious, others are talking about a Deps 250 or Baitsmith Mag. 

I use a dobyns 806sb with a Shimano Conquest 300.