What’s changes should I make to my Arsenal

[James Pisano]

This is my my current rod and reel arsenal what changes would you make?

 

• Favorite Phat Glass Cranking rod 

7’ 4” Med. Heavy Mod W/

Slx xt 6:2

 

• Drop shot Spinning Duckett Ghost 7’ Med 

2500 Shimano Nexave

 

• Shakey Head Spinning Duckett Triad 7’ 2” Medium Heavy 3000 Crossfire

 

• Jerk bait Silver hawk 6’ 6” Med Heavy mod Slx 7:2

 

• Small Crankbait/ Spinnerbait/ Moving bait rod Favorite White bird 7’ Medium heavy                          7:3

 

• All around moving bait Duckett Triad 7’ 3” Medium Heavy W/   7:2 Curado dc/ Old Metinum/ Slx dc

 

• Flippin/ Jig rod   Duckett Ghost 7’ 3” Heavy W/ 8:2 Slx

 

• Texas Rig rod/ Jig rod Duckett Micro Magic 7’ Heavy W/ 7:2 Reel tatula

[MN Fisher]

What specifically are you looking to do? Trim it down, expand it, change it around?

[James Pisano]

I think the amount of rods is a good amount. I’m just not sure if the lengths and powers are correct for there uses. And is there any suggestions you would want to give?

[Jmoney402]

14 minutes ago, James Pisano said:

I think the amount of rods is a good amount. I’m just not sure if the lengths and powers are correct for there uses. And is there any suggestions you would want to give?

I would throw dropshot on a ML which could also be used for ned rigs, neko rigs, hair jigs and more. Would throw jerkbaits on a medium. I would also put braid on one of the heavy rods to mainly be used for frogs but would be good for jigs in heavier weeds.

 

Be careful taking advice on what rods to use for specific techniques because power ratings are not always consistent from every company. Line strength and type will effect this as well, generally braid will make a rod fish a bit heavier in power while mono will add a little more give.

[MN Fisher]

Weeeellll, here's 2021's lineup for me

 

Mitchell Avocet RZT-1000 - Diawa Procyon 7' L/F - Ned, light finesse jigs (under 1/8oz)

President-25 - Fury 702SF 7' ML/F - Drop-shot, split-shot, finesse jigs to 1/4oz

Trion-30 - Fury 703SF 7' M/F - Jerks, flukes, wacky, shaky, poppers

Trion-35 - Okuma Stratus VI 7' MH/M - Shallow cranks (8' or under max depth), small lipless

President-XT (7.3) - Fury 703C 7'MH/F - Jerks, flukes, wacky, shaky

Supreme (7.1) - Diawa Aird-X 7' MH/F - Jigs, T-Rigs, C-Rigs

Patriarch (7.9) - Fury 704C 7' H/F - Spin, Chatter, Buzz

Fuego CT-H (6.3) - Fury 705CB 7' MH/MF - Cranks, Spooks, WP-60/75/90, Wakebaits

Fuego CT-XS (8.1) - Diawa Aird-X 7' H/F - Flip, Pitch, Punch, Frog, Super Spook, WP-110

(Yes, I'm on a budget)

 

I have some overlap - the Supreme could double as another moving bait rod and the Patriarch could do jigs for example, but I pretty much keep things separate.

 

In your case, unless what you're tossing into is heavy slop all the time, I think some of your rigs are a little over-powered...a MH would be fine for T-Rigs and Jigs instead of the Micro-Magic...The Phat and the Silver Hawk other than length are pretty much the same - Phat casts further probably while the Hawk is more accurate (function of length). Nothing else sticks out at me right now.

[Fishes in trees]

Your assortment of rods is fine - as long as it suits your needs.   Me - I carry a few more rods rigged & ready to go,  basically because I can and because I don't like to waste time changing out baits/tying knots unless I have to.