If you could buy one high end rod and reel setup, what would it be for?

[bulldog1935]

On 11/8/2020 at 5:12 PM, Boomstick said:

So I am still deciding what what I am going to go with this, and not sure if it will happen at all (I'm going to be getting married soon)....

Then you better buy it now, because as much as they may tell you they won't mind later - they Will.  

 

Mine was UL (y'all can read this how you want).  

Yamaga Blanks TZ Nano 83 - the only spin/bait rod I ever bought that cost as much as a fly rod.  It will throw 1/16 or even 1/32 oz and out-distance any other rod I own.  

Matched with Vanquish, it's shockingly light in hand.  Purpose - winter glass minnows in the salt.  

In November, it landed a redfish + ladyfish double on tandem rig - natural baitfish were small poecilids, and good thing I had this, because the finger mullet migration was running a month late. 

Specs under the dock lights can be really tricky.  If they're not feeding in competition, you frequently see them in pairs closed-mouth pushing the natural bait to test if it's real.  If you want to use the word finesse here, it's on the detect strike end, more so than the cast.  

 

 

[Jigfishn10]

That rod looks like it’s got some decent power in the butt end for a rod that can whip out a 1/32 oz lure @bulldog1935. That’s a sweet setup. Good luck with it.

[bulldog1935]

17 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

That rod looks like it’s got some decent power in the butt end for a rod that can whip out a 1/32 oz lure @bulldog1935. That’s a sweet setup. Good luck with it.

If you want the cost-effective version, the closest is Korean-made NS Black Hole Dark Horse UL Rockfish - this 8' rod will also fish 10-lb braid.  It's an unsanded blank, still with Fuji guides.  The ebay seller is a reliable vendor.  Matched with Stradic, not afraid to take this one out on a kayak.  This rod got four spec doubles in November.  

 

[Boomstick]

9 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

Then you better buy it now, because as much as they may tell you they won't mind later - they Will.  

Trust me, I've been together with my finceee for long enough to know she wouldn't complain if I bought it now, or later. The reason I'm not doing it now is I'm going to have to pay for a wedding and I don't want to put it all on a credit card.

 

A couple of years ago when I was shopping bass boats she used to harp on me for not having bought one. A few years prior, I was looking for a new guitar and she was like did you buy the guitar already?