Always.

Okay RW, what reel matches your yellow Lamiglas SR705R crankin rod ?

8-)

CTE200GT (gold) on the SR705R (yellow). Clear Yo-Zuri Hybrid

compliments the combination. A few other match-ups: CH50MG/

Dobyns Champion 683C (blue & silver); Curado 200E7/ BCR854

(forest green on forest green); Core 50MG7/ MBR842C (metalic

blaclk with red accent on black).

No bling-bling, just smooth and subtle.

Well...the SR705R might be an exception... :

8-)

I have a diawa regal and a procaster. And if i can find a way to paint my rods blue, im doing it. and im also looking for a purple rod if anyone knows of one ;D.

BPS Clunn (RCX) is Purple and feels like a broom handle... 

*Forgot to add...if you are looking to match/compliment colors, a brown blank, like the previous Legend Elites or the new Dobyns DX's, match superbly with a Shimano Conquest/Calcutta or Daiwa Sol.

Oh yes, they do !   

I have a diawa regal and a procaster. And if i can find a way to paint my rods blue, im doing it. and im also looking for a purple rod if anyone knows of one ;D.

St. Croix MOJO is close.

Don't really care.  All of my reels are silver, so that matches basically everything.

thats rediculus(sp?) that people would try adn match their rods and reels, i for one dont care though it was a bonus that my blue rick clunn signature series reel goes with my orange lamiglas excel very well

When you start using gear of a certain caliber, the looks of each stand on their own, and matching isn't nearly as important.  Putting a Snoopy reel on a SpongeBob rod is a serious faux pas!

When you start using gear of a certain caliber, the looks of each stand on their own, and matching isn't nearly as important. Putting a Snoopy reel on a SpongeBob rod is a serious faux pas!

haha....mos def

I personally am not gonna match two rods up strictly on color alone.  I have been fortunate to mix and match and combine a few combos that do match and fell really good together.  My Sol and Carrot Stix Gold are almost perfect together, functionally and aesthetically.  Likewise, my Damiki Dark Angel Rods are almost perfectly matched and balanced with my Stradic CI4 and Revo SX.  Had I gotten a Mojo for my Alphas....well lets just say I wouldn't have a Mojo.

I can't imagine anything I could possibly care less about.

X2

Roby

I tried matching a spinning reel to a baitcast rod and it didn't work too well.

I tried matching a spinning reel to a baitcast rod and it didn't work too well.

Just reel backwards.

I'm vain.  I said it.

What?

Crossdressing reels/rods is no big deal.  What should be important is how the two pair up with each other performance wise