7 foot mf Zodias 

16 ci4 3000

Full floro no leader 8 pound pline tactical.

St Croix LTW 6'8" M/XF

Daiwa Tatula LT 2000

Power Pro 10lb braid w/8lb Tatsu leader

I use 6'8" St Croix Avid, M, XF with Revo S 30. 10# floro. Casts well, and drive the hook in. Enough flex so I don't lose too many fish.

On 7/4/2018 at 8:09 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

6' 10" M/XF LTB

Pflueger Supreme XT 30

8lb HI-SEAS Grand Slam fluorocarbon coated copolymer

*I researched your set up - NICE !! ... Have not used any HI - SEAS Grand Slam FC coated copolymer before , how does it handle on your Supreme XT 30 ?

Thank you - the replies read like the : "who's who" of high end shaky head spinning rods (and for good reason) ... Megabass , St. Croix , G. Loomis , Shimano , Dobyns , etc. I'll take one of each (lol) !

2 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*I researched your set up - NICE !! ... Have not used any HI - SEAS Grand Slam FC coated copolymer before , how does it handle on your Supreme XT 30 ?

Thank you - the replies read like the : "who's who" of high end shaky head spinning rods (and for good reason) ... Megabass , St. Croix , G. Loomis , Shimano , Dobyns , etc. I'll take one of each (lol) !

Landed my biggest bass of the year so far, a 7.43lb fish, in sub 20* weather without an issue with 8lb HI-SEAS.

I will tend to use one of my M/F spinning rods with 8lb mono for shaky heads. I like a little extra power on shaky heads than I have on my ML/XF rods.

On 7/7/2018 at 4:50 AM, ChrisD46 said:

For those that use a braid mainline - do you believe you could still have an effective shaky head set up using a ML/F or M/F vs. a M/XF spinning rod ?

Why not?

On 7/4/2018 at 7:05 PM, Scrapiron said:

Megabass Destroyer Addermine 6'11" Med Fast

Shimano Stradic Ci4+ FB

10# Sufix 832 and FC leader

This is what i use and love it!

15 hours ago, Boomstick said:

I will tend to use one of my M/F spinning rods with 8lb mono for shaky heads. I like a little extra power on shaky heads than I have on my ML/XF rods.

Why not?

*I ask because the current trend to use braid mainline + FC / Co-poly leader may mean a Fast  spinning rod could replace a Extra Fast  spinning rod or perhaps allow more ML action rods to come into play if you are in the braid + leader camp for spinning .

8 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*I ask because the current trend to use braid mainline + FC / Co-poly leader may mean a Fast  spinning rod could replace a Extra Fast  spinning rod or perhaps allow more ML action rods to come into play if you are in the braid + leader camp for spinning .

Yeah, I have 12lb braid on one and 15lb on the other. I still have a lot more backbone on my M/F rods though.