Jacob34

I'd jump all over the rod. I have a few Techna's and absolutely love them. I wish I could find a couple more honestly.

I'm in the minority here I've never been able to get comfortable with a fast action fly rod in all my years of fly fishing ( about 15 yrs or so.) I prefer slower action rods and absolutely love bamboo rods. They just fit my casting stroke better. As others have echoed I would recommend going to the store and try out various action rods and get what feels comfortable. I know my nearest Cabelas will let you try out their fly rods if you ask them.Also, just like bass fishing rods one company's rod actions will vary from one another.

I haven't even been out yet. I do *** you guys in the southern states. Other than I hate fishing dirty water

I'm still a novice when it come to bass fishing, but I'm more accustomed to fish clear water lakes compared to what angler's in the south fish. I'll echo natural color soft plastics and jigs work very well for me a majority of the time as do cranks and jerk baits. Very rarely do I throw something "flashy" when fishing for large or small mouth bass. I've also noticed I tend to throw smaller offerings compared to others that I know that fish dirtier waters. I think fishing clear water takes a a lot better presentation and tactics than fishing dirty water as well, but that is just my opinion. A little off topic, but I remember when I had a guided trip on Lake Fork a few years ago. I was totally out of my element fishing there. I've never seen such dirty water in my life. It was like chocolate milk.

I have a couple Powell Max rods that I've been very pleased with. I only wish my local retailers would carry the endurance line of rods.

I have an Allen alpha III reel for my 8WT. steel head set up. I have the red and blue version. I believe they're around $150.00 and in my opinion the best value in that price range.

I personally didn't like the rod in question ( 7 FT MH reflections casting rod.) It felt dead in my hands while using it. I ended up giving it to my brother. Now if you don't mind buying a rod without a warranty you should really consider the Powell Diesel lineup of rods. I have the 7'6" Diesel rod and it has a ton of power to it and has pretty good sensitivity to boot. I use mine for throwing paddle tail swim baits, heavier jigs and big spinner baits. I've been really impressed and honestly surprised by how good this rod has been for me. I just wish it had cork grips because I HATE foam grips.

I've been toying with them in my yard and I'm really liking the Fuego a lot, even more so than my Quantum Tour I have. The Alphas blows my bass pro prolite out of the water casting my LC 65 pointers and other smaller cranks, the advantage while it casts great just isn't too comfortable to me. I'll probably be giving the Advantage to my Father for an early father's day gift. I do wish I had more money because he has a upgraded limited edition pixy and a pimped out Zillion coastal that he might get rid of as well. From my understanding he got some sort of sponsorship with Daiwa and is replacing all of his reels with the Steeze reels because he is getting a steep discount on them.

Thank you guys very much! I just got home from meeting with the local guy about the Daiwa Advantage 153 HSTLA and came home with a Alphas Type F, Advantage 153 HSTLA and a Fuego for a total of $225.00. The Fuego has a bit of boat rash to it as does the Advantage, but the Alphas is brand new looking. I can't wait to give them a whirl this coming Thursday. Once again thank you for your guys replies.

Thank you every one for your replies. I do have a question for you if you don't mind. I just found a Daiwa Advantage 153 HSTLA for sale locally in like new condition. My only question is I have small hands for a male and was wondering if it really is somewhat hard to plam the reel with smaller hands? It looks a lot wider than my quantum reels that I use.

I had the opportunity to use a Daiwa PX type R a couple days ago and was completely blown away with it. With using that reel I'm very intrigued to buy a Daiwa myself in a month or so, but don't have the $500 to drop on the type R or I would . I was just wondering what reels they have old or new that would be worthwhile to look into buying for around $200.00? This would be my first major Daiwa reel purchase. (I had a megaforce for a very short time.) My only requirement is that it needs to be left handed and it will be for my pitching rod. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Jacob.

Man I wish I can get my hands on a couple more Techna AV rods, I've haven't found another rod I've like better.

A-Jay, That fish looks stunted I purchased a couple Energy PT rods from Simmons Sporting Goods last year and I actually really like them a lot. Probably the best $50.00 purchase I've ever made on bass fishing gear.

I use 20Lb white braided line on my three steelhead and salmon setups and have caught plenty of fish with it. I would use it for my bass setups too, if my local stores carried heavier pound test.

Just curious what lenghts are the blanks?