helpme PLEASE!!!!

Budget? Brand preference? Length preference? Line?

    And which size Rapala floater?    jj

13 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

    And which size Rapala floater?    jj

5 CM - 3Gr

7 CM - 4Gr

9 CM - 5Gr

11 CM - 6Gr

1 hour ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Budget? Brand preference? Length preference? Line?

Budget? 200$

Brand preference?  none

Length preference? 6¨ max

Line? 15-20lbs

Wish I could help, I have no experience with 6 footers. Maybe someone can chime in with some advice.

2 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Wish I could help, I have no experience with 6 footers. Maybe someone can chime in with some advice.

I don't even know of any 6' rods still sold. Might have to go for a custom build.

I think St Croix still has them in their lower tiers. Spinning would definitely be best with floating Rapalas, though.

   This is all I know:

 

    St Croix Premier spinning  PS60MF and maybe PS60MHF. I would use braid for the #5 and #7.

 

    St Croix Triumph  TRS60MF    (same)

 

   jj

25 minutes ago, The Bassman said:

I think St Croix still has them in their lower tiers. Spinning would definitely be best with floating Rapalas, though.

 

3 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   This is all I know:

 

    St Croix Premier spinning  PS60MF and maybe PS60MHF. I would use braid for the #5 and #7.

 

    St Croix Triumph  TRS60MF    (same)

 

   jj

Ya, but he's already got the reel...and it's a BC.

16 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Ya, but he's already got the reel...and it's a BC.

    Ouch ..... my bad.

 

   OK.   St. Croix makes a Premier and a Triumph both that are 6', M/F  1/4-5/8.  Possible?  Maybe?  Premier also has a 5'-06" pistol-grip rod, M/F  1/4-5/8.

   Berkley has a pistol-grip 6' Lightning Rod that's 1/4-5/8, composite blank and M/MF.

   Zebco also has some short Rhino rods. I never used one, so I don't know about them.

 

   The #5 and#7 are going to be hard to cast into the wind, though, no matter which baitcasting rod you use.        jj

Curious to see what 6’ rod you went with? Or if you went up in length

Look at the Majorcraft ML casting rods. Gonna likely have to go JDM for what you want. 

To cover all those Lures you might have to go ML 1/8-3/8oz or L/BFS 1/16-1/4oz. I’m not sure where you are but I believe not is US. If you can still fine Shimano Zodias L/BFS, that should work(only available in 6’4 and 6’8). I have Majorcraft Benkei L/BFS 6’7 and Go Emotion L/BFS 6’5 which I use a lot for finesse lure.

On 1/26/2020 at 6:35 PM, Paolo Vera Diaz said:

ine? 15-20lbs

With the original floater I wouldn't use line heavier than 8 or 10lb mono, with 6 -8lb being optimal.

You will have lots of problems casting any original floater with 15lb line on a casting set up.

8 hours ago, waymont said:

With the original floater I wouldn't use line heavier than 8 or 10lb mono, with 6 -8lb being optimal.

You will have lots of problems casting any original floater with 15lb line on a casting set up.

I use 8# for #5 Shad Raps.  Have used 12# while in Florida with F-11 Rapala...also 3/16 oz. & a floater.  Plus longer than the Shad Rap.  The F-11 ain't fun to cast.  At least not with 12# on a Compre 7' MF.

The tatula sv pairs great with the tatula rod go figure. I just got the 7’3 multi purpose elite rod and 6.3 sv reel it’s a awesome combo.