Penn Conflict II spinning reel. My new catfish setup thinking about running 50# braid to a Carolina Rigged 20# mono leader. I’m gonna pair it with an ugly stik rod(not sure exactly which one yet). The ugly stiks have served me rather well in their role of catfishing rods for years and years with general maintenance so I see no need to go higher up the $ food chain. I’ve tried to post pics, but all of my iPhone 11 pics of it seem to be too large. Here’s a stock pic of it:

 

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/penn-conflict-ii-spinning-reel?ds_e=MICROSOFT&ds_c=Shop|Generic|AllProducts|High|SSCCatchAll&msclkid=6cb0e30c737712d7e1c882c5a18ad049&gclid=6cb0e30c737712d7e1c882c5a18ad049&gclsrc=3p.ds
 

This isn’t a Stradic by any means, but my lord it is the smoothest spinning reel I have ever bought to date. It is my very first penn reel to boot. I feel pretty good about it especially with having gift cards for bass pro and not having to pay a dime for the reel.

 

edit: I got the 4000 size.

I have 2 Penns.  Yes, they are incredibly smooth, and they cast a mile.  Coincidentally, they are both paired on Ugly Stik carbon rods.  They are always among the 4 setups I choose to take out with my yak.

Sounds good, I'd tweek it to 40 lb braid and 30 lb leader.