Spinning Rod And Reel Setup....need Help Choosing

[skeletor6]

So, through another topic that I made I found it to be recommended that I get a spinning set up. I am completely lost when it comes to spinning gear, because all I have is casting gear. I am going to be fishing this for light bait techniques, such as drop shot, weightless plastics, and inline spinnerbaits and such.

I was wondering if you guys could help me get a nice set up for this style fishing. Here's a quote from the member here "The Rooster" as of what I should be looking for...

"A good spinning rod in a medium power/fast tip would provide the ability to toss weightless plastics, top waters, inline spinners, jerkbaits, handle some drop shot rigs, shakeyhead rigs, and even work with 1/4 oz. crank baits to some degree. For this, I like a nice, crisp feeling rod with decent flexibility. Not too stiff but not too whippy either. IM7 or IM8 graphite is an example of the type rod I mean." ~The Roosterar

As far as price goes I do not have a set price at the moment I am just looking for ideas of rods and reels and recommendations so I can see how much is reasonable to invest.

Thank you,

Skel

[BassinLou]

IMHO it would be helpful to have a working budget. You are going to receive a ton of replies from all price ranges and boatload of opinions. Give a range and it will narrow the field down for you. I will kick it off for you. You get a sweet Shimano Stradic Fj and a St Croix 7 ft Avid, I will lean toward MH for the applications you are doing however a Medium I think you can get buy with. That will set you back at least $285-$300. However the set up will be awesome and last you for years. The rod alone has a lifetime warranty.

[gall]

for not to breaking the bank id say bps carbonlite and a shimano sahara they are on sale right now on bps and the whole set up will only run you about 160 and its a great set up thats what i was using before i got my pfluger surpreme

[BassinLou]

I apologize, I was off in my price range. Its more like $350. For the avid and Shimano stradic FJ.

[skeletor6]

Thank you guys for the help. I guess for my price range I want something significantly cheaper than going the route of buying a Curado 50e and the Bargain Room St. Croix LTB69MLXF setup which would run me about $300.

Let it be known that I am looking for something that is just for light weight purposes only. I have a Powell 683c which is like a true MH and also I have a St. Croix LTB70MHXF which is stouter and will cover my heavier plastics and jigs and frogs.

I heard that spinning gear is best for light weight setups and generally is less expensive so I would want it to be under $200, because anything above that then I would rather just go out and get the baitcasting setup mentioned above.

Thank you guys!

[BASSHUNTER1961]

Abu Garcia VTS70-5 paired with a Plueger President and ou have a winner for under 150

[MCS]

Abu Garcia VTS70-5 paired with a Plueger President and ou have a winner for under 150

^^^yeah what he said. If you look around you can find new in package president, Templar and president xt for $30-$40, got mine on eBay for $36 to my door, couldn't be happier. Pflueger make a great spinning reel, have mine on a BPS Carbonlite. Love both.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Know nothing about the following rod just read good things about them.

How light you want

Shimano Cumara 72MLF $150 (reg $240) toss a $40-$50 reel on it free shipping.

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[00 mod]

My favorite spiining setup is a Pinnacle 70ml/f with a Shimano Stradic ci4 2500

Jeff

[SirSnookalot]

If this was my only spinning set up I would not buy a ml rod, I don't feel there is enough backbone to handle heavy vegetation, I do use L and ml for pond use fairly void of weeds, for bass that's my favorite way to fish for them. This is from my own point of view as I do not use b/c reels for anything.

[00 mod]

Pinnacle spinning rods tend to fish one power up(like st croix avids), so the ML fishes like a M.

Jeff

[gall]

Pinnacle spinning rods tend to fish one power up(like st croix avids), so the ML fishes like a M.

Jeff

thats good to know cause thats the new type of rod i wanna get