The reels rotate through are:

1. Curado 200

2. Curado 70

3. Bantam MGL

4. Scorpion BFS

5. Stradic 2500

 

What is yours? 

As the season progresses and some of my techniques & presentations change,

so does 'the line up'.

But here's the early season rigs ~

A-Jay

 

Yeaahh...you are doing the reel deal stuff lol ?. Impressive ??

5 minutes ago, BassSteve said:

Yeaahh...you are doing the reel deal stuff lol ?. Impressive ??

Pretty sure I'm not 'alone'.

A-Jay

Still haven't mounted the reels for this season yet - but here's my rods at least. Not as big a 'collection' as A-Jay, but it gets me through.

I use the same reel for everything bass (in different gear ratios).

The reel itself has no bearing on what I’m picking up. 
The line, which rod it’s on, IPT, and what I plan to do with it does, which is all predetermined when I spooled it up. 
 

To answer your question…

4 Curado’s 

1 Chronarch 

1 JM Signature 

1 Pro Qualifier

 

Plus various spares

 

Edit: No spinning reels

 

 

 

Mike

Wow, impressive selections above @A-Jay & @MN Fisher

 

I'm still fishing the my ~30 year old Citica & Curado’s, paired to Cabela's branded rods from same era. I have four bait casters and six spinning rods. 

 

Room to take 6 rods in my boat. 

 

Not much, but enough for me : ) 

Zillion g x3

 Metanium mgl b

 Tatula sv x2

16 minutes ago, Mike L said:

The reel itself has no bearing...

LOL

40 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

As the season progresses and some of my techniques & presentations change,

so does 'the line up'.

But here's the early season rigs ~

A-Jay

 

I wonder how many glossed over or simply missed the “early season rigs” lol. That’s quite a collection for the entire year, let alone just the early season. 
 

Your BM’s surname has gotta be Kong! 
 

Frankly, I love the color coding. It appeals to my 5S nature. 

(1) Daiwa Fuego LT 2500

(2) Daiwa Fuego LT 3000

(3) Daiwa Tatula CT

(1) Daiwa Tatula CT Type-R

(1) Daiwa Tatula 100

(2) Daiwa Fuego CT

Baitcasters:

3 Curados

2 Casitas

1 SLX (haven't used it yet)

Spinning:

2 Saharas

1 Okuma

 

Have the new SLX on a St Croix Mojo rod that's also brand new.

 

No reason to list my walleye, panfish, or muskie reels.

 

 

Daiwa PX Type-R                            5.8 oz
Daiwa Steez CT SV TW 700 XH      5.3 oz

Daiwa Steez CT SV TW 70 XH        5.3 oz

Shimano Aldebaran BFS XG           4.6 oz
Shimano Aldebaran MGL 30HG     4.8 oz

 

Note that the more recent finesse reels have surpassed the older Pixy reel in pretty much all respects, though I still enjoy fishing the latter.

Oh I suppose I can list my reels.

Bass

Casting

1 Daiwa CA-80

2 Daiwa Fuego CT

2 Pflueger Patriarch

1 Pflueger Supreme

Spinning

1 Pflueger Supreme

2 Pflueger President XT
1 Mitchell Avocet RZT

 

Panfish

Spinning

2 Mitchell Avocet RZT

1 Lews Wally Marshall Signature

 

Shore - bass or panfish

Casting

1 Pflueger President XT

Spinning

1 Pflueger President

1 Pflueger Trion

I don't have any reels that come off the bench.

This is the starting lineup. Lol

Couple of Shimano, an Abu, couple of Kastking and Lew's.

Do all my Ned's and DS on a Lew's spinning ( not pictured ).

Oh God.

1 hour ago, Mike L said:

The reel itself has no bearing on what I’m picking up. 
The line, which rod it’s on, IPT, and what I plan to do with it does, which is all predetermined when I spooled it up. 

 

I have combos that never change.

 

The only time I take the reel off is to clean both or respool.

Daiwa Fuego is about all I use. Cheap and works.  

Probably about 3/4 of my baitcasters are various flavors of Quantum Smoke or Daiwa Tatulas.  They are the reels that I tend to keep on my most frequently used rods.

    Two model families that are in the sweet spot of affordable and reliable.  Bonus in that braking systems are similar enough that switching between is rather seemless.

6 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

I have combos that never change.

 

The only time I take the reel off if to clean both or respool.

Ditto

 

Having combo’s that are dialed in for where, how and what I fish on them never changes. 

 

 

 

Mike
 

@A-Jay, what are the red rods?

49 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

@A-Jay, what are the red rods?

Quantum Tour KVD Cranking Rods ~ circa 2013, second version

I like them.

 

7'10" MHM x1 (Black Stick Jacket) 

7'4" MHM x3

7' MHM x2

7' MM x1

A-Jay

 

 

2ABU 4600C. 1 Qauntum Tour grade. 1 Lew's LFS casting reel.        1 Shimano Sahara spinning reel. 1. Lew's spinning reel.                  These all get swapped around with different lines as the season goes on.

3 Lew's Tournament MB's. These were discontinued about a year ago. I have three because I liked the first one so much.

1 Lew's LFS

1 Daiwa Fuego CT

Also a couple of Pflueger Trion spinning reels. As you can see, I'm a middle of the budget kind of guy. I feel like $100-150 is still a pretty decent amount of money and should get you something you can use for years.

 

I have some others I don't use anymore. All of the Lew's reels blow the Daiwa away. I can't really complain about the Daiwa. It has worked fine for over a year. It's just a noisy reel. A couple of those Lew's are 5 years old and are smoother.

25 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

2ABU 4600C. 1 Qauntum Tour grade. 1 Lew's LFS casting reel.        1 Shimano Sahara spinning reel. 1. Lew's spinning reel.                  These all get swapped around with different lines as the season goes on.

I love my Lew's LFS. I have 4 Lew's reels. But that LFS is the best bang for the buck of any I've owned. I got it in 8.3:1 ratio for my pitching combo. As I said in the post above, I also have a Daiwa Fuego CT I bought on the recommendation of others on this board. My experience may not be typical, but my LFS is vastly superior to my Fuego.