I have a reel daiwa tatula sv tws 2020, which rod do you recommend to work lures RAPALA ORIGINAL FLOATER?

[Paolo Vera Diaz]

helpme PLEASE!!!!

[jbsoonerfan]

Budget? Brand preference? Length preference? Line?

[jimmyjoe]

    And which size Rapala floater?    jj

[Paolo Vera Diaz]

13 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

    And which size Rapala floater?    jj

5 CM - 3Gr

7 CM - 4Gr

9 CM - 5Gr

11 CM - 6Gr

1 hour ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Budget? Brand preference? Length preference? Line?

Budget? 200$

Brand preference?  none

Length preference? 6¨ max

Line? 15-20lbs

[jbsoonerfan]

Wish I could help, I have no experience with 6 footers. Maybe someone can chime in with some advice.

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Wish I could help, I have no experience with 6 footers. Maybe someone can chime in with some advice.

I don't even know of any 6' rods still sold. Might have to go for a custom build.

[The Bassman]

I think St Croix still has them in their lower tiers. Spinning would definitely be best with floating Rapalas, though.

[jimmyjoe]

   This is all I know:

 

    St Croix Premier spinning  PS60MF and maybe PS60MHF. I would use braid for the #5 and #7.

 

    St Croix Triumph  TRS60MF    (same)

 

   jj

[MN Fisher]

25 minutes ago, The Bassman said:

I think St Croix still has them in their lower tiers. Spinning would definitely be best with floating Rapalas, though.

 

3 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   This is all I know:

 

    St Croix Premier spinning  PS60MF and maybe PS60MHF. I would use braid for the #5 and #7.

 

    St Croix Triumph  TRS60MF    (same)

 

   jj

Ya, but he's already got the reel...and it's a BC.

[jimmyjoe]

16 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Ya, but he's already got the reel...and it's a BC.

    Ouch ..... my bad.

 

   OK.   St. Croix makes a Premier and a Triumph both that are 6', M/F  1/4-5/8.  Possible?  Maybe?  Premier also has a 5'-06" pistol-grip rod, M/F  1/4-5/8.

   Berkley has a pistol-grip 6' Lightning Rod that's 1/4-5/8, composite blank and M/MF.

   Zebco also has some short Rhino rods. I never used one, so I don't know about them.

 

   The #5 and#7 are going to be hard to cast into the wind, though, no matter which baitcasting rod you use.        jj

[bigjean663]

Curious to see what 6’ rod you went with? Or if you went up in length

[iabass8]

Look at the Majorcraft ML casting rods. Gonna likely have to go JDM for what you want. 

[JustJames]

To cover all those Lures you might have to go ML 1/8-3/8oz or L/BFS 1/16-1/4oz. I’m not sure where you are but I believe not is US. If you can still fine Shimano Zodias L/BFS, that should work(only available in 6’4 and 6’8). I have Majorcraft Benkei L/BFS 6’7 and Go Emotion L/BFS 6’5 which I use a lot for finesse lure.

[waymont]

On 1/26/2020 at 6:35 PM, Paolo Vera Diaz said:

ine? 15-20lbs

With the original floater I wouldn't use line heavier than 8 or 10lb mono, with 6 -8lb being optimal.

You will have lots of problems casting any original floater with 15lb line on a casting set up.

[new2BC4bass]

8 hours ago, waymont said:

With the original floater I wouldn't use line heavier than 8 or 10lb mono, with 6 -8lb being optimal.

You will have lots of problems casting any original floater with 15lb line on a casting set up.

I use 8# for #5 Shad Raps.  Have used 12# while in Florida with F-11 Rapala...also 3/16 oz. & a floater.  Plus longer than the Shad Rap.  The F-11 ain't fun to cast.  At least not with 12# on a Compre 7' MF.

[Born 2 fish]

The tatula sv pairs great with the tatula rod go figure. I just got the 7’3 multi purpose elite rod and 6.3 sv reel it’s a awesome combo.