Jmares Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Hi everyone, I just purchased my first baitcasting rod. A shimano curado 50e. I bought it because I read it was a more finesse type rod. I fish with weightless senko worms as well as top water rapalas. My question now is what type of rod should I pair this reel with? Price is not really an issue but I would like to stay in between 100 and 200 dollars. Any advice would be much appreciated thank you all. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted June 21, 2012 Super User Posted June 21, 2012 The Avid AVC68MXF is a great all-around rod. Quote
Mike__D Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 The Avid AVC68MXF is a great all-around rod. X2, I have both the casting and spinning model of that rod and love them both. Great blank and I like the conservative deign too. Mike D Quote
Super User LgMouthGambler Posted June 21, 2012 Super User Posted June 21, 2012 A nice M action Compre rod. Sweetness, plus it matches the brand, lol. Quote
BradH Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 I stuck mine on a 6'10" M Fenwick Smallmouth rod back when amazon had them marked way down. I fish 3 and 4 inch senkos with it as well as light to medium jigs and tubes. I have used it for rattle baits in a pinch, I imagine it would do well with topwaters as well, just a hair longer than I like for that sort of thing. Quote
baluga Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Cumara Reaction 6'3" M would be an excellent pair for 50e for your needs(weightless worm and small topwater lure). It's going to be sweet, Total weight of the rig(Rod and Reel) would be = 10.3 Oz, It is well Balance Rod. Tackle WareHouse has it on sale for $139. Quote
Cody0707 Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 I put my curado 51e on a redbone 7' medium action rod. This is a dual purpose setup for me. I use it for bass fishing and will be using it for trout and Redfish also. I also looked at St croix and Shimano rods. Quote
Super User WRB Posted June 22, 2012 Super User Posted June 22, 2012 Go online and look at ALX rods, American made lifetime warrenty, 30 day free trail period and give Alex a call. I use ALX rods since Shimano purchsed Loomis and Lamiglas hasn't come out with state of the art rod blanks for long time now. The ALX rods today use a blank very similar to Loomis NRX series for 1/2 price with state of the art guides etc. You want something rated 3 power with a fast action between 6'6" to 7'3" depending on your personal preferences. Tom Quote
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