Nicest combo out there

[ratherbfishin1]

Ok guys brag about your $1,000 combos, let’s hear about them.  What’s the nicest combo out there in your opinion?  I will probably never be able to afford one but it’s interesting to see what you guys have.  What’s the lightest, smoothest, most sensitive combo you’ve got?

[Junger]

Some great combos listed here.

[ratherbfishin1]

1 minute ago, Junger said:

Some great combos listed here.

Thanks!

[22RangerZ520R]

Baitcasting - Shimano/G Loomis Conquest with a Shimano Metanium MGL (I've got 10 of these combos)

 

Spinning  - Shimano/G Loomis Conquest with a Shimano Stella 3000FJ (I've got 4 of these combos)

[Further North]

Picture worth 1,000 words:

 

Orvis Helios 3F, 8 wt., Lamson Force SL Series II 3, Rio Single Handed Spey Floating line, 300 grain.

[ratherbfishin1]

9 minutes ago, 18RangerZ520L said:

Baitcasting - Shimano/G Loomis Conquest with a Shimano Metanium MGL (I've got 10 of these combos)

 

Spinning  - Shimano/G Loomis Conquest with a Shimano Stella 3000FJ (I've got 4 of these combos)

I think I missed the part “I no longer have a wife”

[Hulkster]

hmm. probably my two nicest combos:

 

G. Loomis E6X MBR 903c 7'6 MH casting rod with Curado 200i PG

 

and

 

G. Loomis E6X JWR 852s 7'1 M spinning rod with Stradic 3000 FK

[fishwizzard]

51 minutes ago, Hulkster said:

 

If I could go back in time, this is real close to what I would pick to start myself out on, very solid combos.  

[mrcimon]

New combo. 

 

NRX 852c 

Steeze SV TWS

[22RangerZ520R]

13 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

I think I missed the part “I no longer have a wife”

 

[TBAG]

Not half as nice as some others and not a 1K combo but this is my nicest combo. Everything else I have is also St. Croix/Shimano and a couple Loomis/Shimano setups.

 

[LOZSteve]

Not sure about $1000 but I am really happy with my NRX 894c and Diawa Zillion SW TWS combo.  If you are patient you can grab this for a little over $600. I guess that’s why I have two of them because they are so light and fun to fish with. 

[NYWayfarer]

10 hours ago, mrcimon said:

New combo. 

 

NRX 852c 

Steeze SV TWS

That looks like the same sofa I have. Funny thing is if it is, that combo cost more than the sofa it's sitting on!

[new2BC4bass]

Not only do I not have the nicest combo out there....I don't have one that even comes close to $1000.  I couldn't say what my nicest combo is.  I've purchase a few new rods and reels the past year...new-2-me anyway.  Some haven't been used yet.

 

Just guessing here, but...

 

Spinning

Abu Fantasista Regista / Procyon 2000

 

Baitcast....tough

Rainshadow RX7 / Zillion 50th Anniversary

or

Diablo Spec R / Exsence DC

or

AlX Deputy / Steez

[mrcimon]

1 hour ago, NYWayfarer said:

That looks like the same sofa I have. Funny thing is if it is, that combo cost more than the sofa it's sitting on!

Nah Sofa was a bit more   very comfy!  

[CrankFate]

I have many $500-600 combos. And I might never get a $1,000 combo. The day there is one that is worth it, I’ll get one. But I have never seen the attraction. Except for the it’s expensive feeling or enjoying the stats and marketing materials. I am not a collector either. If I buy it, it might get beat to hell no matter what the price was. But that will only happen if it’s good enough that I fish it to death. I have some $400 reels that look like they got stomped on dozens of times, with chipped paint and missing handle caps. But I still don’t know where all these guys fishing these $1000+ rigs are???  In the last 40+ years of fishing I’ve only seen 2 in real life. Literally only 2. Most of the time most people are laughing at how expensive my $650 set up is for the type of fishing I’m doing.

[mrcimon]

3 hours ago, TBAG said:

Not half as nice as some others and not a 1K combo but this is my nicest combo. Everything else I have is also St. Croix/Shimano and a couple Loomis/Shimano setups.

 

Nice Rod, I've got the 7'2 and 7'4.  Mine are paired to Shimano's also  

[Hulkster]

4 hours ago, TBAG said:

Not half as nice as some others and not a 1K combo but this is my nicest combo. Everything else I have is also St. Croix/Shimano and a couple Loomis/Shimano setups.

 

awesome setup. what line is on that curado?

[DaveT63]

Baitcaster - Loomis NRX MBR843C / Steez 103L with a Zillion SV spool in it

Spinning - St Croix Legend Elite 6'8" MXF / Stradic 3000FK

[rippin-lips]

23 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

What’s the nicest combo out there in your opinion?  

That’s easy! 

Megabass monoblock racing viola with matching Megabass Arms purple sunburst rod. 

Only 26 of each retrieve were produced and the rods are extremely rare too. Looking about $3,000 for a mint viola and add another $1,500+ for the rod. 

[roadwarrior]

On 9/20/2018 at 3:45 PM, Junger said:

Some great combos listed here.

 

[soflabasser]

The nicest combos I own are the ones that catch the most fish

[flyfisher]

 

This is probably in the 1k range but luckily I didn't pay that much  this thing could cast a wet sock if you needed it to....

[onenutinthewater]

[bigfruits]

not the most expensive but the NRX 852c and an Aldebaran 50/51 will spoil you forever.