What Are Your Favorite Setups (Rod&reel) And For What?

[SirSnookalot]

Don't have a favorite combo but have a favorite species I target, I tend to use those outfits a bit more often.  The ones I select for the day are based on the location and wind, I prefer only 7' rod when it's windy, calmer it's 7'6 and 8'.

[dodgeguy]

6-6 falcon bucoo micro with 50 power pro super slick on a abu garcia mgx.combo is evil light and casts like a dream.i use it for everything.

[flippin and pitchin]

Dobyns Extreme DX742SF with a Stradic 300FJ. It does everything from drop shot to shakey heads.

Dobyns Extreme DX745FH with a Lews TP.  The jig king.

Dobyns Champion 705CBGlass. Sorry Road Warrior but this model outshines my Lamiglas SR705R.

[Hot n Tot]

^{Right now my favorite is a Loomis GLX CR722 with a Daiwa TDZ 105H reel. Great for worms, jerkbaits and topwater.}

[BubbaDirt]

Gloomis cr722 with a chonarch mg51..

Works great for river and bank fishing.

Weightless worms,flukes,inline spins..

Small rod for big fun!

[mjseverson24]

My favorite rod and reel combo Is a 7' MH berkley lighting shock rod with an abu promax. this set up cost about $120.00 and over the last few years has landed between 800-1200 bass and pike. it is an absolute workhorse rod and I use it for buzzbaits, soft plastic frogs(ribbit), and hollow body frogs in sparse vegetation. the promax is a good reel for the price with the high speed gearing. 

 

Mitch

[roadwarrior]

Spinning:  St. Croix LES70MF/ Stella 2500FE/ Tatsu #6   weightless soft plastics

 

Baitcasting:  G.Loomis MBR842C/ Core 50MG/  Tuf-Line #20/ Tatsu #20 leader  swim jigs and small swimbaits

 

 

 

[BradGuenette]

Casting- DX795 Flip paired with a Curado 201DHSV,65lb FX2, the ultimate flip/punch setup!

Spinning - 7'2" Cumara A Mxf paired with a 2500 Stradic Ci4,6lb tatsu, drop shot specific. I'm really liking these new Cumara's

[mod479]

Casting- DX795 Flip paired with a Curado 201DHSV,65lb FX2, the ultimate flip/punch setup!

Spinning - 7'2" Cumara A Mxf paired with a 2500 Stradic Ci4,6lb tatsu, drop shot specific. I'm really liking these new Cumara's

 

Right on, we have the same DS setup! Mines the older grey cumara though, havent got to play with a new one yet.

 

 

My favorite is a Dobyns champion 703SF with a Sustain 2500 FG (profile pic). Awesome for tubes, grubs, lighter football jigs, shakeyheads, and smaller hard jerkbaits like a pointer 78 or 97MR.

[iabass8]

casting- dx744/curado 201e/15# tatsu

spinning- legend xtreme 69mlxf/stradic 1000fj/ 6/2 suffix 832 high vis yellow

[BradGuenette]

casting- dx744/curado 201e/15# tatsu

I have the identical setup, it really is a pleasure to fish with, it's very tough to pick a favorite out of the Dobyns Extreme line, they are all home runs.

[Hooligan]

Favorite Jig rod- Loomis 855 GLX with a Core

Crank stick- Cumara 7-11 With a Chronarch

Flip Stick- DX795 with a Steez

Plastics- Cumara A 7-2 with a Core

Finesse Plastics Cumara A with a CH51MG

Far too many favorites, pretty much each of my rods is a favorite for that technique, which is why they're in my boat.