Do You Match Your Gear?

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Most of my stuff is mix and match, just curious to see what everyone else has.

[S Hovanec]

I'd hardly call it frankentackle, but that's the closest option to what I have.

All of my reels are Shimano and all of my rods are customs. Most being St. Croix, but there's a few North Forks and Rainshadows in the mix.

[BradH]

By application my stuff is matched, by brand, not so much. hahaha

[BASSclary]

I do not match my gear by name, however I do like to play designer and match them by color If I can.

[J Francho]

I guess I'm "mismatched," though none of my rod makers also make reels, except the Pinnacle Perfecta/Performa XT spinning setup. The rest, G.Loomis, Dobyns, and St. Croix have Shimano and Daiwa reels.

[outdoorsman110]

I do not match my gear by name, however I do like to play designer and match them by color If I can.

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[KYntucky Warmouth]

Most of my setups are matched in some way. I have some brand matching setups, all my Shimano Cumara rods have Chronarchs and all my Daiwa Zillions have Daiwa reels (Alphas and Zillion) but I usually match colors if I can. All my Carrot Stix Gold rods have Sols or an amber orange Pixy, Damiki Dark Angels (red and black) with a Fuego and Stradic Ci4, and my Powell rods have Curado Es. I also have Curados on a Pinnacle Perfecta, Kistler Helium II, and Dobyns Savvys.

[detroit1]

Frakentackle for me...and i don't care what color.

[tomustang]

Doesn't bother me to match, as long as it works

[smalljaw67]

I have mostly mixed set ups but I have a few rods matched up to reels of the same brand. This doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is whether the rod and reel feel good together and work well together, looks are secondary.

[elkriverangler]

I only have 2 matching outfit, a 2011 Shimano Crucial matched with a Sahara. My other Spinning outfits are SC Avids matched with Shimano Stradics (By far my Favorites for River Smallmouth}

My other matching outfit is a Revo S matched with an Abu Vengeance Rod. My SX is matched with a Falcon Bucoo.

[jerzeeD]

Colors to an extent yes. I am too anal retentive to be any other way. I actually paid 20 dollars more to get the pflueger president xt over the regular president just because it looks good on my mojo bass plastics rod!

[flippin and pitchin]

Does the color of this combo make my butt look big?

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Mostly Dobyns rods with Shimano reels mounted on them. Still have a few Shimano rods, a handful of Loomis, and one Pinnacle rod that I really like. Got a pair of Daiwa reels on two of those rods right now that don't see much use. Not exactly frankentackle, but it's the closest option.

[Bluebasser86]

I don't know what colors match unless my wife is there to tell me they match I do have one combo that is a shimano symemtre on a shimano crucial. Other than that it's pretty much all shimano or pfluegar reels on st. croix rods from Premiers to LTB rods. So I guess it's semi matching, minus one rogue Revo S that's in the mix.

[LgMouthGambler]

Working on it. My Revo SX is matched to a Vendetta. My Curado 50E is on a Clarus. My Pro Qualifier is on a Enigma rod. Ive got a worm and jig Sellus for a Chronarch 50E hopefully in my future. Hopefully a Sellus Flipping or Frogging rod for my Curado 200E.

[Kabar]

I do not match my gear by name, however I do like to play designer and match them by color If I can.

same here

[SirSnookalot]

As long as the equipment functions well and I'm catching fish, the aesthetics aren't important too me.

[Dave P]

I only have 2 "matching" rod and reel sets. I don't even give it a thought.

[esoxangler]

All Shimano reels with either St. Croixs or Loomis rods.

[Dylanl]

I'm somewhat mixed. I've got Shimano reels but different rods. St. Croix, Dobyns, and Powell right now.

[The Rooster]

I especially like it when the rods and reels match with colors and brands, both. But colors are what I pay the most attention to. Brand is a bonus. I have two Shimano combos that are rod/reel together, and they match colorwise too. Then I have some rods that are different branded than the reel, but the colors look at least decent together (part of the rod is blue while the reel is green). I have one combo that doesn't match at all really, it's a Symetre reel on an old Quantum Dance Class rod. The rod is dark blue, the reel is a medium shade of green. They don't look good together at all, but I use it because I like the rod, love the reel, and they fish well together, and I haven't had the time or money to upgrade the rod. Well, I have had the money but I just keep spending it on other things. If I put it into a rod, I'd just have to turn around and buy another reel for the rod I have now. If I had gotten the Saros instead of the Symetre, I wouldn't have to do that, it's silver and would have went well with the blue rod. Oh well.

[hike4steel]

Does the color of this combo make my butt look big?

No Chubby, it doesn't. Unfortunitly it doesn't make your fish look any bigger either!

[A-Jay]

It's a mix & match deal for me too.

Quantum, Shimano & Pflueger Reels mounted on an assortment of Quantum, Fenwick, Lamiglas and Kistler rods.

A-Jay

[flippin and pitchin]

No Chubby, it doesn't. Unfortunitly it doesn't make your fish look any bigger either!

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