Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Bass1980 » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:45 am

Megabass RC Idaten + Megabass F3-610DGS for deep water drop shot in open water
Megabass IS71 + Megabass Phase 3 Bearing Down for punch shot in moderate cover

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by lostboy45b » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:49 am

Dobyns SA703C paired with a Team Lew's Custom Pro Speed Spool
Dobyns SA704C paired with a Daiwa Tatula CT Type-R R until the SV comes out at the Classic

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by bigfruits » Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:45 pm

probably the NRX 843 with an Aldebaran 51 HG and the old BCR GLX 803 with a Scorpion 71 XG.

NRX 852s with Stradic Ci4+ 2500 and NRX 802s with Rarenium Ci4+ 2000 on the spinning side.

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Silas » Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:28 pm

2 outfits I just acquired a few weeks ago:

7.9 J-Dream on a Megabass X4 Super Mirage.

Ian Shields tuned TD-ITO on a Shimano Expride 6'10" M or the Dobyns DX 703C coming in tomorrow.

OR

MEGABASS IS73C on a Megabass X4 RATTLE VIPER

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by susQbassman » Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:52 am

casting nrx 852c Daiwa sv105 hsl w/Yozuri 10lb

spinning nrx 872s Daiwa sol 2000 w/Sufix 832 10lb

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by smallie_hunter » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:23 am

I will be going light this year
Z-bone medium/PX68L
Glx 842 mbr/alphas sv105

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by antisaint » Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:05 pm

Megabass x7 DFM ,Zonda 68R
NRX 852s , Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 3000

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by NJ Jigman » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:45 am

1. Casting-Shimano original black, 7'2'' MH Cumara with a Quantum Smoke for jigs, t-rigs
2. Spinning-Shimano original black, 7'2'' M Cumara with a Shimano Static CI-4 for senko's, soft jerk baits, drop shot, light darter heads and shakey heads

A bit older but i've caught so many fish with these set-ups over the past several yearsI still do most of my fishing with them, it's a confidence thing

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by mwh33 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:20 pm

NRX 894 with Steez Ltd 105 and Megabass Diablo Fast Move x7 paired with Metanium MGL HG will most likely be my two most used this year.

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Hobie-Wan Kenobi » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:37 am

ccass wrote:It usually varies by season for me but overall I'd say:

1. 7' M Steez Fle-X-Lite paired with Steez SV TW 7.1

2. Custom punch rod (Phenix K2 765, extended to 8'9") with a Zillion TWS 9.1. If the rod doesn't have the power to punch than I will most likely either build another custom or I will just get the 8' Archangel.

Last year, top combos were:

7' M Steez Fle-X-Lite with a T31016 (SV Spool) for spring and fall.

Archangel 7'2" MH with a T3 AIR (SV custom) 8.6.
Change:

Summer:
1. Destroyer X7 Destruction with Zillion 9.1

2. 7'2 Archangel with Steez SV TW 8.1

Spring and fall:

1. 7' M Steez Fle-X-Lite with Steez SV TW 7.1

2. 7'2 Archangel with Steez SV TW 8.1
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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Pen3 » Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:03 am

I have been neglecting my spinning setup for a long time, so this season i plan to use them more than my baitcast setups. I will be mainly throwing drop shot, neko and shakey head with these two setups;
TKLS-70MLX with Exist Hyper Custom 2508 8lb Tatsu
TKDS-63L M-1 with Vanquish Limited C2000HGS 4lb Shooter

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Obz » Tue May 02, 2017 4:41 pm

1. Mb68xti evo, paired with an sv105 and 12lb invisx. Its great for 1/4oz trigs and vision 110's.
2. Mb69 super destroyer, with sv103H and 17lb defied armillo. Good for 3/8oz jigs and topwater.
This post was accurate for me. Those two combos will see 60% of my casts. After that:
3. Kistler helium 3 lt/MH, with TDz103h and 12lb invisx. 3/16 shaky and senkos.
4. Mbf8-73x Faust, Sv103xs, and 50lb suffix braid. Deep jig, Punch and frog
5. Fenwick HMG 7M, tdz105, and 10lb invisx. Ned rig/light shaky.
6. St.croix spinning rods, with shimano reels, drop shot, flukes, live bait.
7. Back up gear that I pick up and cast so that it is dailed in for my friends and GF.

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by Dug » Tue May 02, 2017 5:06 pm

I have started out this year with:
Daiwa Pixzilla on a Daiwa Tatula 7 ft ML
and
Daiwa Zillion Type R on a St Croix Tournement Legend MH 7'3" rod.

I am sure as the year goes on I will use other setups, but these 2 are my favorites and cover a lot of presentations.

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by djd » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:01 am

I guess this is more of a what I used the most this past season post for me, but here goes.

MB XX A-Mart Flip Stick with 50lb braid and LH Lew's Super Duty Reel for pitching 3/8-3/4oz plastics

MB XX Perfect Pitch with 50lb braid and LH Lew's BB1 Pro for throwing a frog

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Re: Which 2 rods and reels are you guys going to mainly use this season?

Post by cbburke74 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:55 pm

Gloomis NRX 803C with Core 50MG7 - Texas Rig
Dobyns 736CB Glass with Daiwa SV103H - Chatterbait

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