If my guest know what they are doing they can pretty much fish all my high end gear.  Problem is that once they do the bait monkey jumps them.   ;D

If they are "tree catchers/backlashers"  I usually let them fish with a Shimano Sonora reel on a Shimano Clarus rod.

 

I hated having to maintain my gear as well as loaner gear...eventually got rid of the loaner stuff and let them use my stuff.  Honestly who cares if it gets a little scratched up, it still catches fish.

X2

I keep a few yard sale spincast rigs around for the grandkids to go perch-jerkin' with. Other than that, any guest is welcome to use any of my equipment that they can handle. Not that I have any top-end gear or anything.

It's just "stuff" anyway. If they break it, I'll have a legitimate excuse to go gear shopping.  ;D

Tom

I let them use mine. As long as they can handle a baitcaster, they are free to use what ever set up is not in my hands at the time. I want my guests to enjoy there time spent fishing, using my "good" stuff helps that.

Same here.

Me too. Too much trouble having a second set of gear sitting around that rarely gets used.