Super User BassinLou Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 St. Croix, Dobyns, and Carbonlite's serve me well. Quote
Christian M Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 St Croix, Shimano, Abu Garcia...I have a couple Tec Spec rods that I use and for the price they cant be beat. Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 Loomis gl2...imx... St. Croix Avids... Kistler..original Lta Helium.... Also I have one *** heavy/ fast and I have really been surprised by it...these all are very dependable rods for me... Nothing fancy.. But they flat out get it done for me. I have others but won't mention those.. I don't believe they are worth it Quote
Super User Teal Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 Powell. I have a new Dobyns Dx and I love it also. Quote
thehooligan Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 My favorites are shimano cumulus & first gen cumaras. Super light and great sensitivity. Others I've used used and really liked in no particular order, Powell endurance and max, dobyns champion and DX, phenix m1 and recon, Fenwick smallmouth and aetos, st Croix avid. I have my eyes on a jackall adrena, and a few megabass... Quote
Hooked_On_Bass Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 G Loomis. The features and characteristics meet the criteria that I Iook for in a rod. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 Simple criteria for me, ample foregrip and longish butt. I've been posting pics of 5+# bass, 30# jacks, 40# cuda, 20# snook and tarpon, been doing most of it with medium spinning rods. My rods have been going strong for 7-10 years, they must not be too bad. My Redbones cost $89 and my Star rods cost $99, have about 10 of them. Each of these rods cast a good distance effortless, I'm always using lures heavier than the rated max. The only thing that matters is the fish, and the bigger the fight the better is. I'm not on this super sensitive or super light bandwagon. Quote
Super User Raul Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 Most of my rods are GLoomis ( GL2 aand IMX ), I have a couple of Shimano Clarus ( great rods for the money ! ) and a couple of GraphiteLeader ( Bosco and Veloce ). Quote
masterbass Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Man, my problem is that I like so many and I still want to try more. Right now I like, megabass, dobyns and 13. I really want to try klx and upper end loomis. Quote
cbass12 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Becoming a big fan of St Croix, bought my first one (6'8" casting mojo) last year and am slowly adding to the collection. Have bought a rage and a legend tournament in the last month and plan on buying another rage tomorrow. I love the action of their x-fast spinning rods. Quote
Super User Tywithay Posted March 7, 2014 Super User Posted March 7, 2014 Becoming a big fan of St Croix, bought my first one (6'8" casting mojo) last year and am slowly adding to the collection. Have bought a rage and a legend tournament in the last month and plan on buying another rage tomorrow. I love the action of their x-fast spinning rods.I almost bought a rage today at Gander. They had them clearanced pretty well. Quote
olegs Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 My favorite rods are St Croix ( 3 LTB and one Premier ). A couple month ago I bought my first Dobyns DX rod. Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted March 7, 2014 Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2014 Of all the rods I own and regularly use, the hardest ones to put down are the Phenix M1 graphite, and thier X11 composite cating rod. Mike Quote
SudburyBasser Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Shimano for me. light, sensitive, good action and power, and decent pricing. Ditto. All but one of my tournament rods are Shimano and half of my back of the Jeep every day carry rods are Shimano. Quote
ColdSVT Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 I have lews, loomis, croix and 13....my favorite is the one with a fish on it 2 Quote
Drewski73 Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 I bought my first dobyns about a year ago and that was it. They feel like extensions of my arm. I now own all dobyns. I need another DX745 and Ill be all set. I also fish all Shimano reels. They just feel right. Quote
Dyerbassman Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Megabass look nice, but there is no way that I can justify paying that much. I can still catch bass with a rod under $100. Lightning Rod Shock and Tech Spec fit the bill. Every Shimano that I have owned broke, so no more for me. Looking at a Carbonlite next. Quote
jtesch Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Shimano, Crucials and cumaras. 2 Daiwa Tatulas waiting for the ice to thaw in July here in chicago Quote
Fattygreens Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 I really thought it was going to be 13 for me, but something about my Powells just edged them out enough for me to roll that direction. The new inferno's though $30 more than the *** are some bad mama jamma's. Currently using a mix of Endurance, Diesel and Inferno's. Quote
OkeechobeeAngler Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Fresh water ~ Loomis and St. Croix Inshore ~ Crowder and Star. Quote
OntarioFishingGuy Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 St croix Legend Tournaments and mojo bass rod for my casting reels and for spinning i prefer the avids. St croix all the way! Quote
livetofish28 Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 ST CROIX love my LTBs have rages an avid and multiple mojos cant go wrong with them in my opinion. have a couple abu's they are a pretty good rod but i prefer my Croixs. As for reels i have a few PQ's, 4 lews and a shimano spinning reel in the future I will go straight lew's for baitcasters and maybe get a couple more shimano spinning reels tight lines NAS Quote
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