any suggestions on spinning combo

[MARSH MASTER]

I'm looking to buy a spinning reel combo. My price range is 200 to 250 dollars. I want a big faced spool with a 7' m-mh rod. I want this reel for finesse fishing. It needs to cast a 1/16-1/8 weight fairly decent. I want it to be as light as possible but durable. Give me some setups that ya'll have personal experience with. Thanx!

[Aaron]

My favorite spinning combo is a Shimano Stradic 2500 FH and a G Loomis SJR783S GL2.  I fish everything with this combo and it is my go to rig when beating the banks.  This setup cost me around $250.  You could get a longer lighter action rod for your setup.

Soon, I plan on buying a 7' spinning combo for finesse fishing and the rig I am looking at is one of the new 2500 Stradics and 7' MF G blanks spinning rod.  This combo would cost closer to $300 but I think it would be a great finesse fishing rig.

[roadwarrior]

One of our members picked up a Fenwick Techna AV

on Amazon for around $75. If you can find an AVS70MF,

that would match up perfectly with a Shimano Stradic 2500FI.

Fenwick Techna AV

Jul 30th 2008 at 05:47:20*

Relative to my Crucial, I didn't appreciate the Techna AV (7MF Casting) until I tried jigging with it. I liked it so much I ordered another (66MHF Casting):

http://www.amazon.com/Fenwick-Techna-Triggerstik-Casting-Medium-Heavy/dp/B000DZF...

At $78 including shipping, it's a great deal. I figured it was worth risking Amazon. Last time I price-matched at my favorite etailer, but this time they didn't have the same model in stock. Every so often Amazon will have a great deal on Fenwick rods - the deals disappear quickly. I called Fenwick to confirm that Amazon is an authorized dealer. Cheers!

8-)

[Jig Man]

To stay in that price range you might look at a Shimano Symmetry 2500 along with a St. Croix avid rod.  I bought 4 Avids last winter when they were on clearance.  I like them as well as my Gloomis spinning rods and they are a lot less expensive.  I use the 6.6 medium action.

[MARSH MASTER]

Jig man I looked at the new symetry's today and they weigh a ton Iwas hoping for something lighter.

[Muddy]

Pflueger Preident Spinning reel size 6735  60 bucks

Cabelas Fish Eagle II 6'6"Med Spinning rod  80 bucks

That leaves you 60 bucks left over, and that is A GREAT COMBO!

[adclem]

I am very happy with my Pflueger reel combo as well.

Later,

[Axsanb]

How about a Dobyns 701SXF and a Stradic 2500 or 1500

[Chad.]

Little out of your range just a tiny bit steez lightest out there with a steez rod or imx/glx loomis for ultimate lightness or find a older mgfa stradic and a imx 781 or 841

[Muddy]

Ill say out of the range he asked. Hey Chaddy, how many Steetz and Loomis rods do you have ?Please give us a review based on your personal experiecnes using these 2 brannds.

[NewScreenNameAdvised]

Have a look at the Pfleugar Supreme.  I bought the 8030 and it is awesome.  It was the lightest weght, best built spinning reel I found in that price range.  I am using for dropshotting.

http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/products/products.php?p=9

[Chad.]

Ill say out of the range he asked. Hey Chaddy, how many Steetz and Loomis rods do you have ?Please give us a review based on your personal experiecnes using these 2 brannds.

I've play around with it, thats it,but i do fish a mgfa, and crucial 7'mh i can take a picture if you wan't?  :

Everyone has a dream, mine is to have bunch of high end gear joking.

Read you're post again and I have a imx spinning rod 783, and the steez i wan't to go half and half with my dad for the new high speed baitcaster. I don't buy the gear you see my dad loves fishing as much as I do , I actually buy most of the tackle (believe it or not).

[skunked_again]

my dad bought me a zebco 33 once. made my buy my own boat though...............

:'(  :'(

[Pond-Pro]

At 120 bucks it is a little below your price range, but I really like my pflueger president+bps extreme combo.  It has done great.