baitcaster for light plastics

[NHBull]

To date I have always use a spinning rod for 4 and 5 inch plastics. Come mid Summer, I always have one tied on.......

 

The problem is that I hate spinning rods for techniques other than News and dropshots.

 

Looking for a caster to take its place and the NRX 852c comes to mind with a Met MGL

 

Any thoughts on this.

 

Recommendations are welcome,  Thanks

[MichaelJ7]

I have a rod set up specifically for weightless senkos. Best reel IMO is a Revo premier. Brake system makes it easy. The rod is a 7’ MH Veritas which is stout for a good hookset and fighting ability but being paired with a Revo premier I can cast a senko a mile. 

[Loomis13]

Sounds like it would do great. I use a 6'4" MXF avid x and a tourney pro and it does well. The one you mentioned should do even better!

[freelancer27]

I do use my Met MGL for jerkbaits (down to 1/4oz) and it works fairly well. Though I would not use the reel for anything lighter than this. 

Given that you have a nice rod I would pair it with an adequate reel. The following come to mind:

* Steez SV TWS: great SV spool for lighter lures and pretty light. Very refined reel. I love mine

* Aldebaran (BFS): light and more robust than you think. If line capacity is not of concern, I would even suggest the BFS version (I use mine for 1/8 oz lures and beyond with a BFS rod though)

* If it should be a Abu I would consider the Abu Revo MGEXTREME 2. A friend of mine has it and he uses it successfully for a variety of lures, down to weightless plastics. I have not fished the Abu Premier. so I can not say much about it. Though again, I would pair an NRX with a reel that plays in the same league.

Cheers.

[DogBone_384]

I toss 4"& 5" Senkos, Rage Tail Menace, and other soft plastics with almost any of my BC's. 

 

I use mostly M/F setups with the occasional MH/F for weedier waters.  My gear runs the whole spectrum - Diawa, Shimano, ***, and Abu which are attached to Abu, Kistler, and Fenwick rods.  

[FishDewd]

I recently got a carbonlite 2.0 in medium-lite power for thus purpose. It has more than enough backbone to tear through grass and debris, yet has a light tip that can throw a weightless senko with a light wire hook a good ways. I used it for the first time today, and didn't catch anything, but I'm not at all worried about it being underpowered for hooksets. My area doesn't really have much opportunity for bass over a couple pounds anyway, I'm yet to catch one that weighed even a pound.

[Yudo1]

I have a steez with diy long cast on my nrx852c and use it for weightless senkos and wacky rigs. I have my met mgl on an 893c and also use it for ikas and senkos and it throws them nicely. The met mgl/852 should work nicely.

[Catt]

Senkos, Flukes, Menaces, or 1/4 oz jerkbaits!

 

I throw unweighted Zoom Finesse Worms with my Calcutta ?

[RyneB]

Tough to beat an MGX for light techniques. I have a Gen 2 Revo Premier that can also cast real light baits with ease.

[Further North]

5 hours ago, NHBull said:

Looking for a caster to take its place and the NRX 852c comes to mind with a Met MGL

Seems like that'll work, but I'm a simple guy...

[Mike L]

I don't own those but since you asked for recommendations...

I use a MBR 843C GLX for all things weightless..

 The reel I use is an older Chronarch 100SF spooled with 14# Sniper and wouldn't change a thing. 

 

I'm sure any reel of your liking would be a great fit and give you what you're looking for. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[LxVE Bassin]

Daiwa Tatula SV!

[fishwizzard]

I think it depends on what type/weight of 4-5" worms you are talking about.  I throw 5" senkos (~3/8oz) on a 3 power Loomis and a M power St Croix, both of which do a good job of it.   But for say a skinny worm like a Trickworm (~1/4oz), I prefer a Light or Medium Light rod. 

[The Fisher]

I have an original Tatula Twing 100HS with a Daiwa Tatula Custom Honeycomb spool from Kyang Fishing on EBay 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Throw your baits with hook etc on a scale. You might be surprised at how hefty they actually are. Chances are your regular reels will work just fine. 

[RPreeb]

Last summer I had no problem throwing most weightless plastics with a Diawa Tatula CT 100XS 8.1 on a 6' medium Ugly Stik.  I found my limit when I tried a 4" curly tail... just couldn't load the rod with such a small bait.  Everything else seemed fine for me, but I'm new to this so I don't have anything to compare with to know if I was doing pretty good or just didn't know that my casts were mediocre.  I was able to reach most of the areas of my little town pond casting from shore, so when I get out on a lake in my canoe this year, I'm not at all concerned about being about to use most any bait I want.  (I will have a second baitcasting rig this summer - Tatula CT100H 6.3 but no rod for it yet)   When I do need those smaller plastics, I'll tie them on my spinning rig.

[Poolshark]

Since you seem to prefer shimano reels The metanium will work well (if you want one, buy it) .. but you don't need to buy one specifically for throwing light plastics. I'm using curado 70s and chronarch mgl and they all toss weightless plastics just fine. Mine are mostly thrown on medium extra fast or even medium heavy fast rods on thin braid and light floro leader. With the newer reels these days, I seem to rely less and less in my spinning setups for finesse work. 

[archeryman20]

I use a Curado 70XG, paired with a St. Croix TBC610MLXF for weightless plastics. Usually have 15# PowerPro, sometimes with a flouro leader if the water is especially clear/fish are being finicky. The setup you're looking at would do the job just as well, if not better, though.  

[Catt]

Y'all seriously need to learn how to cast! ?

 

[JustJames]

I thought you have chronarch MGL? That or met should work just fine. 

[NHBull]

4 hours ago, JustJames said:

I thought you have chronarch MGL? That or met should work just fine. 

I now have a couple of both cronarch and Met.......great memory!

[Yudo1]

BTW, the 852c is just plain awesome. It's my favorite smallmouth rod and does everything a spinning rod does for bass. The blank is the same as the 852s spinning rod and is just so versatile and sensitive.

[millerp]

I don't have 1 yet but was thinking of buying the curado 70 for lite stuff and pairing it up with mye6x852c jwr med x fast 7-1 loomis. was hoping for some feed back.

[desmobob]

I have a ball with a Daiwa PXR and MajorCraft Volkey rod, casting light stuff.  Also, TW has the Daiwa SV105 on sale right now... that's another good finesse reel.  I have one and like it, but prefer the Pixie.

 

Tight lines,

Bob

[millerp]

22 hours ago, Catt said:

Y'all seriously need to learn how to cast! ?

 

What your saying then is casting is everything that rod and reel set up is not important?