Medium light or light spinning rod?

[NavyVet1204]

 

Dobyns Fury rod is what I’m going to be buying.

 

 

For a pflueger president with a 2000 size reel. The reel is easily the smallest spinning reel I’ve ever owned and I’m struggling to decide on whether or not I need a light or medium light rod for small rooster tails, beetle spins and essentially smaller type lures like them. I’m aiming to catch whatever fish will bite whether it’s a pan fish or a small bass or crappie etc.

[Finessegenics]

I'd opt for the light if most of the time, the total weight of your lures won't surpass 3/16 oz. It doesn't seem like your offerings do the, so the light is the way to go.

[MN Fisher]

So you got the Pres-30? (that's closer to a 2500 size)

 

If you want finesse - the 702SF

I've got my Pres XT-30 on a 703SF Medium, I've got a Pres-25 (1000 size) on my 702SF.

[NavyVet1204]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

So you got the Pres-30? (that's closer to a 2500 size)

 

If you want finesse - the 702SF

I've got my Pres XT-30 on a 703SF Medium, I've got a Pres-25 (1000 size) on my 702SF.

Pres 20 is what I have

[MN Fisher]

7 minutes ago, NavyVet1204 said:

Pres 20 is what I have

That's the Ultra-Light reel - the 20 in Pflueger is about a 500 from others.

 

If you keep the reel - go with a Light power (661SF probably) rod, and use it for ultra-finesse.

 

It's a great trout/panfish reel

[new2BC4bass]

I'd personally go for the Light.

[ironbjorn]

You originally said it was for finesse, and seemed unmoved apparently when people told you that that's a panfish reel and now relegated it to anything that bites. Go light. Ultralight would be better.

[NavyVet1204]

11 hours ago, ironbjorn said:

You originally said it was for finesse, and seemed unmoved apparently when people told you that that's a panfish reel and now relegated it to anything that bites. Go light. Ultralight would be better.

Yes I did have the intention of going finesse with it until I realized that it would be better suited for the really small small fish due to its size. 

[bulldog1935]

If the price isn't out of line, you intend to do any bank fishing with it, and 7'6" is not too long, 

I would snag the 762LT NS Black Hole Rockfish

Really nice wide lure weight range, 1/64 to 1/4 oz, designed to protect 3-lb test, and to turn big fish.  81 g is extremely light in hand.  (The lighter ST rod would probably be weird for you with anything but UL fishing)

 

 

NS Black Hole quality way exceeds their price, because they're trying to enter the Japan market from Korea.  

[MN Fisher]

19 minutes ago, NavyVet1204 said:

Yes I did have the intention of going finesse with it until I realized that it would be better suited for the really small small fish due to its size. 

I wouldn't limit it to 'small' fish...it'd handle a good size trout or slab crappies...just that the line capacity is so small, you're pretty much limited to 4# or under.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

I have President 20 with #8 Nanobraid on it, works great with inline spinners if you use good ball bearing swivels and leader of mono/fc. Had it on an UL but bought a St Croix Triumph light power fast action and its on that now. 

[NavyVet1204]

Update: After thinking on it for awhile, I took the pflueger back and swapped it for a lews xfinity xs30 with the bigger spool and picked up a 6’ ML lews laser rod and some YUM senkos and 10lb braid. 
 

I appreciate all of your advice and the time you took to give it, I just couldn’t shake the feeling of wanting the setup to be for weightless senkos and weightless T-Rigs and the larger lews reel will accommodate that better than the smaller pflueger. I would’ve opted for a larger pflueger, but they only had the small ones in stock at the Walmart where I picked them up.