If you had to pick one rod, what action and power ,and one reel ,and one kind of line for all the bass fishing you do to use with all your lures and baits what would you use ???? i dont have many poles and i am just curious what the best bet would be for everything.

Here is what i would Pick, great all around set-up,

Reel:Shimano Stradic 2500

Rod: Shimano Compre 6'6" Medium

Line: Suffix Elite 8# mono

-matt-

Rod.- GLoomis CR723 or MBR783 IMX

Reel.- tough one but Shimano Chronarch 50 Mg or Team Daiwa TDZ 103 H

A 6'6" med fast or MH fast. You can find rods that are labeled med or medheavy that in actuality fall more in one direction or another. The St Croix Avid medium power/fast action feels more powerful and fast that others that I have tried. The Team All Star rod with the same designation feels more light in power and less fast in speed.  The Avid casting 6'6" MF with a Shimano Calcutta 100B or the Team Allstar 6'6" MH with a Citica 200E. One combo costs about 150 dollars less and will be (almost!) just as enjoyable to fish with.

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Its not practical cause I do throw alot of weightless plastcs and alot of  baits over 2 ounces, occasionally 4 ounce baits too.

If I had to choose I'd take a medium heavy 7 foot st.croix legend elite, zillion real, and 15 pound cxx line. Although this rod is rated to just 1 ounce I have succesful fished heavier baits up to 2 ounces. If my fishing keeps going the way its headed I might drop the mh for a swimbait rod.

My favorite all around rod.

7' G-Loomis MBR843C IMX M/H fast action

Shimano Chronarch 50mg

#10-12 Mono.

           OR

My favorite worm rod.

7'1 G-Loomis BCR853 GLX  extra fast action

Shimano Calcutta TE 100DC

#14 Mono

One rod and reel?  Then it would be a 7' MF spinning rod with a 2500 size reel loaded with 20/6 braid.

Can do (just about) everything reasonably, if nothing exceptionally.

GBlanks Custom Rods

Rainshadow RX8+ 6'6" MXF

Daiwa Fuego 2500

PowerPro 20lb

spinning gear.

it may be a tough choice when my new

GBlanks RX8+ 6'8" MHXF spinning comes in this week.

Tierra 2500

20lb braid

Rod: Quantum Energy PT model QEC706F

Reel: Quantum Energy PT model E760PT

Line: Suffix Siege 14# (MAYBE 17#) Smoke green

Spinning Rod: Med Hvy - Fast Tip - 6' 6" (10-20lb line)

Roger

Reel....Shimano Stradic 2500

Rod...Crucial 6'6" mf, or mhf...I toss alot of weightless plastic's to..

Line...Yozuri Hybrid Ultrasoft 8lb.

Shimano Curado 200E7

Kistler Helium II LTX 6'9 MHF

15 lb. Trilene 100% or Stren 100% flourocarbon

7' Powell Max 705C rod paired with an Abu Garcia Revo STX-L 6:4:1 ratio and spooled with 30lb FireLine Braid

6'9" MHF E21 Carrot Stik--Revo STX--15lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid

Here is what i would Pick, great all around set-up,

Reel:Shimano Stradic 2500

Rod: Shimano Compre 6'6" Medium

Line: Suffix Elite 8# mono

-matt-

That's about what I would pick, but I'd take my 6' Med-Fast IMX, and I've been liking some of the co-polys I've been using lately. Great setup for soft plastics, but versatile that you can throw just about anything with it.

Seems to be about 10 different opinions, confused?

Buy what feels right and what is in your budget and if you made a mistake learn from it, next time you will know exactly what you want.

Kistler LTA 7' MH

Daiwa Veinto (an under rated reel)

15 lbs Yozuri hybrid

 You can do it all with this combo....C-rig, T-rig, Football jigs, Senko's, Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits, Crankbaits and will throw finesse stuff like Shakey Heads.....

mbr783

steez 103

15# trilene 100%

G Loomis MBR783C GLX

Shimano Curado E7

Sunline FC Sniper 10 lb.

Custom IMX MBR843

curado 201E7

14lb XPS fluoro