For all purpose light baits, anything to finesse jigs, hair jigs, wacky worms I use a 7' f Shimano Compre with a 1500 size Sahara with 8lb Gamma copoly on one spool and 20/6 braid on the other (hardly ever use the braid spool). Otherwise for winging spinenrbaits under tight shoreline cover I use a 5'6" pistol grip (can't remember brand, Berkely something) with a Daiwa 150h, once I shake the rust off with that little pistol grip I am usually fairly accurate (within 6"-1' and can get a nice quiet entry with a spinnerbait or swim jig.

7ft medium st.croix mojo

team daiwa advantage reel

berkely 100% flouro 8#

Carrot Stix drop-shottin rod

Daiwa Regal x-i spinning reel

6# Seagur Fluoro

Drop shotting for smallies is my favorite tactic by far!

I wade a small river for smallies. I use a Pro Lite Finesse baitcaster matched with a Pro Lite Finesse 7 foot rod. For line i use 20 lb power pro. I also carry either a fly rod or Ultra Light with me, i like to throw grubs on jig heads and small poppers that the baitcaster cant cast.

The one I typically go with for smallmouth is my normal soft plastics setup.

Shimano Sahara 3000

All Star G-40x 6'6" Medium

6# P-Line Floroclear

Rod: 7' light action Shakespeare graphite

Reel: old Shimano Mark II spinning reel

Line: 6# clear blue Stren

I wade exclusively and use light lures/baits.

Loomis GLX Smallmouth rod.

2500 Sustain FE. (Will be sold to get the Stella)

YZH 6, green

x2 on the ray scott rod-- awesome rod for the $$

6'4" MXF custom G-blanks casting rod (spinnerbaits, topwater, finesse jigs)

6' ULXF Scheels im8 rod

6 and 10 pound yo-zuri hybrid US