What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by zodiak311 » Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:42 pm

rt dak wrote:
Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:36 pm
I use a late 80s pistol grip set-up to chuck spinnerbaits and paddletails in tight quarters. Also has sentimental value.

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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by Warhawk » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:25 am

I have a pair of $29 BPS Crappie Max rods I use with an Alphas reel to cast 1/8 ounce lures, usually a tiny spinnerbait. I’m sure these rods were intended for a spincast reel, I find them stiffer than most UL rods and they work great for low $$ BFS rods.

I have a few old Fenwick pistol grip rods I use once ina while too. One is boron.

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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by MBB Nate » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:20 pm

This is basically most my gear haha.

I have a few h20 baitcasters,
mh and a H ethos rods
an Abu vendetta i got for $50 which is my favorite rod
Daiwa laguna ml/xf for spinning finesse
Pflueger president spin reel for finesse
Pflueger trion baitcaster and a berkley shock for cranks
I just picked up a berkley emotion 6'9 med/fast for $37 to try with weightless worms/flukes

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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by mark poulson » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:42 am

I have a couple of Rick Clunn BPS med. heavy 7' rods and battle worn Quantum E600 reels that I use as dock setups to test new baits. I can throw anything from 5/16 oz. jerkbaits to 2 oz whopper ploppers with those setups, and they just keep on performing.

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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by MountainMan 83 » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:43 pm

Picked this up about 2 weeks ago for $41 and have been really enjoying the action of the blank. It's like this thing was made for throwing small to medium sized cranks. I threw some U-40 on the cork and away we went. Looking for a light cranking reel and this will be one sweet setup!
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Re: What piece of cheap or tackle gear do you use and love?

Post by Warhawk » Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:42 pm

MountainMan 83 wrote:
Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:43 pm
Picked this up about 2 weeks ago for $41 and have been really enjoying the action of the blank. It's like this thing was made for throwing small to medium sized cranks. I threw some U-40 on the cork and away we went. Looking for a light cranking reel and this will be one sweet setup!
I’ve got several inshore rods that have actions more like ML that I like. I tend to like a lighter action rod overall.

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