All right so I saw the video and bought a Spro BBZ 1 paired it up to a Bass Pro Tourney 7' 6" Heavy rod with a Johnny Morris Signature reel and 20LB Suffix Siege Braid. The Rod broke near the reel almost like a telescoping reel. So I need to find something I can tame this big lure with. Any ideas??? Other than a G. Loomis or Croix. I am trying not to break my fishing bank. Any help would be appreciated and good luck. :-?

You don't want to skimp on quality when it comes to big fish! Just think, if your split shot rod was a little lower quality and you lost a dozen 2 lbers you'd never care. However, if you buy a lesser swimbait rod because you wanted to save a little $$$ and it ended up costing you a 7+ or worse yet, a 10+ lber, how bad will you feel? With that said, I don't think you can get a better rod for that particular bait than the Dobyns 806 ML. This rod is very lightweight, has a long handle that helps for throwing that bait, and most importantly, a great tip that will flex just enough to keep those hooks in place when that big girl gets the upper hand!

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Without breaking the bank you can get two rods that I like. Okuma Guide series rods are around $100. Team Diawa Light and Tough Swimbait rods are around $130. I use the Team Diawa rod to throw my BBZ on. Its a little heavier than most other swimbait rods but it suits my personal preferences and you can throw a big bait a mile on it. If you want a rod that will throw a big bait at a low, low price Tsunami makes an inshore rod in their Classic Series for under fifty bucks. I think its only rated for 2oz but it compares to freshwater rods that are rated for much bigger baits. Downside is that it is only seven feet long and limits casting distance.

Randall made my day

It's rare to see someone who also appreciates the Daiwa Light and Tough, it's a heckuva blank.

Though it's often overlooked by anglers, braided polyethylene line enhances the sensitivity of the outfit just as effectively as increasing the tensile modulus of the blank.

IMO, if you're using braided polyethylene line, there's no need to spring for more than IM6 graphite (intermediate modulus). Both the daiwa light-and-tough

and the Loomis GL3 (which I also own) are built on an IM6 blank (intermediate modulus). However, the daiwa light-and-tough has significantly greater latitude,

in fact, it has the greatest cast-weight range I've ever seen, and it's realistic. The guides are inserted with ceramic guides (aluminum oxide)

which will still have no wear-lines after I'm dead. Infuriated by inopportune hangups,

I've been known to pull on the light-and-tough for all I was worth, so angry that I wouldn't care if the blank exploded.

It never has  8-)

Roger

RoLo, glad I could make your day. Most people who fish with me are shocked at which rods I choose to fish with. They somehow think I should have expensive high modulus graphite rods to catch fish. ;D But if given the choice and even if price was not an issue I would still take a well made IM6 rod over an expensive high modulus rod. I add weight to the butt section to balance all my rods anyway so weight is of little issue to me and I think IM6 is the perfect material to make a more versitile, durable rod. My favorite rod is an old discontinued IM6 Mitchell Balance 7' Heavy rod that I use for almost everything from jigs to cranks. When it breaks and I can't find another one I will replace it with a Light and Tough rod. I use braid and fluro and that's all the sensitivity I need. I was having a hard time finding a big swimbait rod that I liked well enough to say it was the perfect rod for me. I picked up the Light and Tough rod for the first time and knew I had the right rod right away. If its like many of my other rods I will still be fishing the same rod ten years from now.

Yep, Randall's rods look like he got them from a yard sale. lol  But the man can catch some monsters with them.

I would recomed the Dobyns 806 ML. This rod was designed by Mike Long. He owns the record books in Cali and know what a great swimbait rod should feel like.

I throw my BBZ's with a cardiff 400, 25# line and a Okuma 7-6 heavy.  It works like a charm and with only cost you around 200 for the setup.  

Yep, Randall's rods look like he got them from a yard sale. lol But the man can catch some monsters with them.

That's because some of them did come from a yard sale or two.