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BPS PQ2 is not likely going to compare to the Daiwa Tatula CTs. If the old ones were so good they would have never had them on an annual sale. I am sure they copied somebodies work in order to build this new design, but I doubt it is equal to the CTs.

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That is a fact! I have been fishing for over 40 years. In my opinion, the rods that are offered in the $100 to $220 range are the most competitive and highest quality ever offered. There are more good options from more companies too. There has always been a low end and super high end but that middle has gotten really tough to choose and very few are mistakes.

I am sure you have read my thoughts on that subject before. I use 6 lefties and 6 righties. Here is what I find most helpful and my habits today have evolved over 40 plus years of fishing. If I am fishing a bait that I cast out and basically just retrieve, "chuck and wind", like a crankbait, spinnerbait, rattle traps and chatterbaits I prefer to use a right handed reel. If I am fishing any bait that I impart action into using the rod, than I prefer to use a left handed baitcaster. This list of baits includes paddle tail swimbaits like a Skinny DIppers of Flukes. jerkbaits, topwater walking baits and frogs, texas rigs, carolina rigs and jigs. My dominate hand is holding the rod, imparting the action and is ready to make a good hookset. My left hand's job is to keep up with the slack line basically. Seeing you have the 6,4 lefty already, I like the idea of getting a right handed reel. You may want to keep both reels in the 6.x to one ratios for most of your general purpose fishing. Of my 12 baitcasting reels 9 of mine are either 6.3 or 6.4 to one reels. I have one 7.1 reel I fish topwaters with and 2 8-1 I throw frogs and punch with. Man I wish you were located near me. It would be so easy to take you out fishing on my boat, then just put my gear in your hands one combo at a time. Nothing beats casting it and feeling what each setup can do.

I own a Genesis II Gabes Rip rap Special, a 703CC, and my wife fishes a Genesis II heavy finesse spinning rod, Thise Genesis II rods are sweet. I would stick to the Genesis IIs they are worth just a little more money for better components.

I love the Dobyns too. I am sure the 765 flip would be a great choice. if flipping and pitching was my main purpose I would go that way, otherwise the 735C would be my first choice. Neither are mistakes. I have cast both and both would work fine. Another nice stick is the Irod 754 Fred's Magic Stick. Originally it was available in the Genesis II series as an IRG 754. That is a comfortable versatile rod. Irod now offers a series called the Fiber series. The Fiber rods use the same blank as the Genesis IIs, but use some less expensive handles and reel seats. I am not sure if it even has a hook keeper. Personally that decision comes down to your budget, I fish several Genesis II rods and am amazed by them. A genesis II rod costs $149 and a Fiber costs $110. One last idea and I would consider this seriously. Dobyns offers some used rods under "refurbished rods" Many of these are demo rods, trade ins, and some may have been replaced under warranty then repaired. The repair may have been nothing more than an eyelet popped so a new guide was installed. If it was repaired then they state it as such, Rght now they have 2 Champion line 735C full handle rods that state "trade in, no repairs, great condition" One sells for $170 and the other sells for $180. These rods are top of the line rods, much more sensitive than the Furys and sell new for $260. If you can afford $180 then I would call out and talk to Dobyns. These rods come with the same warranty as any rod they sell, and have been fully inspected before Gary will let them be sold. I fish frogs and jigs with a Champion DC 705C and love it. I would have chosen the 735 but it won't fit in my rod box.

All of my multi purpose reels are 6.3 or 6.4 to one. Since you were happy with the 7.1 (29 ipt) I would go for the 6.8 (28 ipt). You would never notice the difference for baits like spinnerbaits, buzzbaits Senco or texas rigs and as for baits like jigs most of the guys using faster reels just want to get the bait back to the boat faster in order to make their next cast, not because they fish the baits that quickly. We do not "burn" a swim jig much! LOL

Wait till you hear from Daiwa before I would accept that. If it is true ask aiwa if you can make any changes to bring it up to the 13. It makes no sense just that one version would be different.

I would google local tackle shops. Go in and ask where they suggest to fish and with what. They know their area.

Just wonder why all of your wife's nylons are missing! Never mind too much input, but you may make your wife nervous about you!

My wife uses only spinning gear, so her arsenal includes some lighter rods and some heavier combos. Her lighter rigs include 2 G Loomis Spin Jig series rods, both are 6 footers, one handles lures weighing 1/16 to 5/16 lures, the other 1/8 to 3/8 ounce lures. Her 6'6" Berkley Lightning Shock rod allows her to fish crankbaits, rattle traps, jerkbaits and such. These have Pflueger President 30 and 35 size reels on them. i really like to start with half a spool of quality mono, then fill the spool up with Berkley Original Fused FireLine in 14 pound test. The diameter of that line is equal to 6 pound mono. I often tie a 4 foot leader on as well. On her 7 foot heavy finesse Irod spinning rod we have a Shimano Symetre 2500 size reel. That rod is her jig and texas rig rod. I again spooled it half way up with mono. It is filled up with Power Pro 30 pound test line. Her last rig is a Dobyns 7 foot heavy action rod that she will fish frogs in heavy vegetation. It has a Pflueger Supreme 35 size reel and it too has the same mono and Power Pro 30 pound test on it. This rig may even see some carolina and A rig use and. I like the FireLine for baits you would fish on 6 to 10 pound test mono or copoly line. For heavier duty lures I like the Power Pro better. If I was setting up your rod I would use the 14 pound FireLine. It is exactly what we use for that purpose.

That Big Game is a good choice for all of the reasons those above me have already mentioned. It is also good to have a bit stiffer line on topwaters and jerkbaits as the line has less chance to foul on the hook when jerked. if you throw the topwater the line will have less chance to sink your lure as well. FInally if you do use this rod for an all purpose combo then you will be better off with this line. Overall you have chosen well. I have fished with the Suffix line and it is a good line for a spinning reel precisely because of the "softer" characteristics it has. In the beginning of you learning process, I would try to stay with lures close to the middle of the weight category of your rod. So if it says 1/4 to 3/4 then I would fish with lures that weigh 3/8 or 5/8 and even 3/4 to learn with. These could easily include lures like Rapala Husky Jerks in the 4 and 4 3/4 inch size, a 4 inch Rapala X Rap, or something like a Lucky Craft Pointer series in the 78 or 100, These baits weigh 3/8 and 5/8 respectively. By no means am I saying go buy only these baits, I am just giving you a couple of examples, but there are plenty of good quality baits to choose from, many not as expensive as a Lucky Craft. Although Lucky Craft builds some top flight baits. Throwing these heavier minnow imitation baits will make it easier to learn how to cast with your new rig. Also, the idea to treat your line is a good one. Often times I will spool a reel. then go outside and cast it. I will spray the line remaining on the reel as well as stop and treat the line as I am retrieving say 4 turns of the handle, spray, reel in, spray and then let it sit overnight. Another good trick I use the night before I go fish (if I have not used a reel in a while ) I will stand my rod up on my back porch, could be a tree or leaning on the side of a car. Next I will release the line and walk it out in the yard. Now using my hand and a rag i will hold the line wrapped in the towel and just walk the line pulling the coils or memory out of the line under tension. This is a good time to retreat my line. I may do this maybe twice a year. It only takes a few moments but it makes a big difference in how the line plays on the next fishing trip. Enjoy your combos and go catch some fish.

Lets start with the mainstay of all fishing arsenals. That would be a good medium action spinning rod. My only problem with some of the Ugly Stick combos is the reel. I have read some reviews that were not too flattering about durability. I do not like recommending "beginner gear" that will have to be replaced. Instead, I would rather suggest more moderate priced equipment that will last. For a reel consider purchasing a Pflueger President 6935. A size 40 is not unreasonable either. This is a reel my wife and I torture test regularly by catching big bass, stripers and catfish here on the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers. There are plenty of perch, bluegill and other smaller fish here as well, but when you hook a 20 pound blue cat it feels like you hooked a locomotive train. That reel will run you $60 normally but right now here is your best deal. Go to Dicks Sporting Goods. If you want to order it online you can and they are offering a deal on shipping. Select standard shipping and you can save the $15 or just stop in at a Dicks store. Make sure to download the free coupon to fill out for a $10 rebate from Pflueger. So you could order the reel or pick it up at the store, go on Dicks website, look up thas reel and print the rebate form and mail it in for a $10 rebate. That means the reel will cost $50 roughly. Dicks offers a few good options for a matching rod. Try an Ugly Stick GX2 6'6 medium action rod. It is a 2 piece medium action rod for $39.00. That makes a decent combo with a two piece rod. This will not be your big striper or cat rod though. If you want that then match that same reel up with an Abu Garcia Vendetta rod. That rod goes for $79 ( may be found cheaper online) and is available in a 2 piece mh 1/4 to 3/4. That rod should do most anything you want. Also at Dicks you will find a Field and Stream Inferno series 7 foot medium 2 piece rod for $29.00 I would check all those options out.

Hey if that is your bass world let me ask a few questions. Most of these bait selections are for the opposite end of the spectrum, but work all across the country no matter what waters my wife and I fish. I hope you already have a good sensitive spinning rod because it really helps with these baits. We both fish some 6 foot G loomis classic series Spin Jig rods( GL2, GL3 and IMX) one pair is light action 1/16 to 5/16 and the other is 1/8 to 3/8. The 6 footers are left over from days gone by when a 6'6 was max on the boat do to space. Anyway any good 6' to 7 foot highly sensitive spinning rod will do. The first bait is 5 inch grubs. We prefer Kalins. Try smoke with salt and pepper flake, watermelon with red flake and bluegill. To explain how much my wife loves to fish these I always had some smoke/salt & pepper with red flake on our boat. She started using them out on one of the trips to a Tennessee Lake. We ran through the single pack I had owned for like 10 years. I now own ALL of the inventory that existed from every warehouse in the entire US. This included all of the Kalins Uncle Josh had in inventory!! I believe I own close to 335 still. It is a discontinued color and yes I love my wife! We like to pair this bait up with Bass Pro Shops Perfect Finesse Worm jigheads. Just match the size hook up with the bait. I usually only buy them in 1/8 and 1/4 and I do not care what color the worm weight part is. Do you fish any Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers? These are available in a Little Dipper, a Skinn Dipper and the largest size. I like the little and skinny dipper size. They fish well on lightly weighted belly weighted swimbait hook and the heavier swimbait jig heads like Picasso sells. They look like a hook with a fish head shaped lead on it. Try 3/8 and 1/2 in these. Our best color in most waters are White Trash, Houdini, and Sexy Shad but blue pearl and green money shot work at times too. With these paddle tail swimbaits the trick is to cast them out, let them sink a bit then start to swim them back occasionally letting them stop. They have a nasty flutter when you kill them. I then twitch em and then start my swim again. These two baits seem to end up on the deck and account for some fish almost all of the time. I adjust the color by the water conditions.

This is going to sound crazy, but I would call Daiwa USA and check with them. All of the Tatulas and Tatulas CT versions advertise having the same Ultimate Tournament Drag System and it specs as Max 6 KG or 13.2 lbs. I just looked at the boxes my 2 Tatula CT 100HL reels came in and they both specify 6 KG and 13.2 Pounds. All 4 of my Tatula 100 Type Rs say the same. I wonder if it was a "new old stock" reel or a misprint. I believe I would call Daiwa customer service tomorrow and ask. Maybe there was a printing problem, maybe some Anniversary reels were built that way and if so I would explain you would like to exchange your reel for a reel matching the 13.2 spec.

That reel will work fine. I use some of those reels and some Tatula Type Rs and even a couple of Tatula CT. What I prefer for flipping, pitching and frogging is a 8-1 or even a 7.x-1 and always a leftie for anything I cast out but retrieve using the rod. This includes frogs, topwaters, pitching, flipping and jerkbaits and jigs. Anything I chuch and wind I like righties. Here is what I would do. Pair that reel up with your frog rod for now. If and when you buy a new rod instead of buying a reel to match that new rod, buy a faster reel and swap them. Most of us prefer the 7s and 8s so if a fish misses a bait we can reel back in fast and recast out quick. It is not because a fish eating a frog swims that fast!!! LOL. Enjoy your combo.

If that specs the same as a newer one, than you are talking about a 7'1" heavy power fast action rod. That roughly fits the description of my Dobyns Champion 705C- 3/8 to 1 1/2 ounce lures. Your rod specs for 12 to 20 pound test. Mine specs 12 to 25 pound test. My Dobyns rod has a suggested list of lures as follows" frogs, carolina rigs, texas rigs, and heavy jigs. It also suggests using it to pitch with. I use mine to flip and pitch, as well as throw frogs. Sometimes you have to understand that the manufacturer may not suggest a technique for a specific rod. Dobyns did not suggest my rod for flipping. Instead they have suggested using the 735 for pitching, flipping and small swimbaits. I can do all of that with my 705C. They have the same lure weight specs and similar tapered blanks. I chose the shorter rod to fit in my boats' rod locker. I suggest you take your rod out and begin testing it with lots of lures that weigh between 1/2 ounce and 1 ounce. I bet it would be terrific with a 5/8, 3/4 or 1 ounce football jig fished deep like they do while ledge fishing on the Tennessee River. The reason you may like the feel of your jigs on the other rod may have more to do with the weight of your jigs matching that other rods specs better. You may be like most anglers and fish 3/8, 1/2 and 5/8 ounce jigs most of the time. It is normal to have a rod that matches lighter jigs and one that matches best with heavier offerings. A 1 ounce jig with a typical beaver style trailer or a 3/4 ounce worm weight and a 10 inch worm weighs quite a bit and presents a big bulky meal to a fish sitting on a deep drop. That heavy weight is often needed to stay in contact with a steep dropping underwater breaks. That is a nice combo and deserves to be in use. In fact it should be a great combo to use in the next few weeks, as bass transition up and down the breaks coming and going to spawn areas. Remember you can throw out deep and work a bait up a break just the same as down a break, and you need to keep a bait in front of a fish, most of his food does not sneak up on him from behind. LOL Maybe park you boat in say 10 fow. Cast shallow first, then turn yourself around in the boat and fish out deep till you find where they are or are coming from. Try casting into 15 feet then 20 and so on till you get bit. Doing this you may fall in love with that rod and reel combo. It will be like buying a new one all over again.

Unfortunately stocks of those are almost gone. I know Brett's-daddy had to have his local store order one of the last one out of Florida and he lives in Vermont. There are a few of the Daiwa Excelers still around for around $70. That is a good deal on a great $100 reel.

Yes a 6'6 medium moderate action rod makes a nice rod for throwing small to mid sized crankbaits, rattle traps, squarebills, wakebaits,and even spinnerbaits. It would handle baits like the midsize and larger sized Pop Rs and minnow baits Rapalas ( not the really small ones though they are best thrown on a spinning rod). During the fall the stripers (rockfish) leave the cooling waters of the Chesapeake Bay and enter the tidal rivers. It is here in these waters I can catch them out of my aluminum bass bass boat. They chase bait that matches the size of a 1/2, 3/4. and 1 ounce lipless crankbait (rattle trap). I fish Red Eye Shads, Rattle Traps, X Caliburs and Cotton Cordells. I need 4 rods on deck. So I fish two expensive combos and two of these Lightning Rod Shocks. They perform just as good as my other combos for this duty. We often catch large blue cats at the same time and I have landed many over 10 pounds with no problem. I have them matched up with decent Bass Pro reels ( similar to the Pro Qualifier). I would recommend that rod for these baits. Try either some 10 or 12 pound quality mono, like Stren original clear blue or Trilene Big game or even 30 pound Suffix 832 braid.

You will like that rod. I was playing with one this past weekend. My local tackle shop just got his latest shipment of rods in, I had not seen the fiber or crusher series. I was impressed by both. Visually there is very little difference between the two series. I know a bunch of guys that fish that Fred's Magic Stick in Genesis II series, the owner of another board used to be good friends with the owner of Irod. Once a year Steve would put in a bulk order of rods for all of us. It was an opportunity to save us some money and get some good equipment.

Sometimes you can find a good deal on a mid 1990s to mid 2000s 2 stroke engine that runs fine. many times these get replaced because someone wanted a 4 stroke. I paid about $2000 for mine. It was a perfect running 2002 Merc 2 stroke. You may want to check around some of the boat dealers near you. It might be easiest if you get it with the control box and harness as there are some changes over the years.

I bet it is needed on that boat for structural integrity and possibly for more space to fill with foam flotation. Sometimes it just the way a designer thought it would work best. You probably do not need more than a 3 gallon fuel tank for the small gas engine.

I own a Lowe Stinger 170 ( a 2010 and that model was discontinued) The difference between the Stinger 170 and a Stinger 175 is in the floorplan. The 175 has a livewell/baitwell up front and loses a ton of storage. Do not get that boat . Also do not get the VT 17 either. Again it has limited storage. Go for the VT18. Itis not that much more boat to handle and will serve you much better.

Take a look at a Dobyns Fury FR 735C and the Fury 765 Flip both run $110. Another nice option to look at is a Powell Inferno 734H CF or their 765 CEF for the same price. Lastly look at an Irod Fiber IRF754F It is known as the Fred's Magic Stick. It runs the same price $110.