The best spinning rod?

[teamdaiwa5]

I hope so!

[Canuckbass]

I switched all my rods to Dobyns, I have owned or tried every rod model available and overall performance, balance and sensitivity Dobyns is superior in my opinion.
Follow that up with knowledgle educated store staff and warranty it was an easy decision.
I don't like the fact that Gary Loomis is not building for Loomis anymore, the products are not the same as they were a few years ago.
Finally Dobyns Rods are available in Canada for all of us to enjoy.

[lpquick]

Best spinning and best casting NRX hands down.

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[BASSLAYER]

I switched all my rods to Dobyns, I have owned or tried every rod model available and overall performance, balance and sensitivity Dobyns is superior in my opinion.
Follow that up with knowledgle educated store staff and warranty it was an easy decision.
I don't like the fact that Gary Loomis is not building for Loomis anymore, the products are not the same as they were a few years ago.

I will go out on a limb and state the Loomis outsells Dobyns by a large margin

Shimano aquired Loomis for obvious reasons Gary L. probably made a killing selling. If you cant beat them aquire them...

Shimano has been around a long time and build quality products, Dobyns just appreared on the scene talk to me 5 or 10 years from now we will see where each company is @.

[North Branch]

Without fishing them all, it's impossible to say which one is the best. I have a St. Croix LTB and a LE spinning rod. There are both great rods. I now also have a custom St. Croix Legend Xtreme that I'm betting will become my favorite.

With that said, I bet the Loomis NRX rods are awesome, as are the Dobyns, as are probably several others. I wish I could afford them all and give a true "hands on" opinion.

I think any top brands would make a great choice... just depends on how much one is willing to spend on a "stick".

[teamdaiwa5]

Just received and fished my NRX822 SYR today. Matched it with my newly acquired Steez 2500 and off I went. I got into some fish on a shakeyhead, as well as on some dingers. I was fishing a 1/8 oz Tru Tungsten Ikey Ball Ballbuster with a Flirt worm from RI. Hell of a stick. Fish were taken off the first drop from a spawning flat, in 12-16 foot of water. Could feel the difference between rock/gravel/mud. This may be my new favorite stick, we will see if I pick it up before my compile-x for finesse as the season wears on.

[Hulkster]

I don't like the fact that Gary Loomis is not building for Loomis anymore, the products are not the same as they were a few years ago.

I think they are on the rebound bigtime.

for two reasons:

1. the NRX rods
2. the TSR trout series ultralight/light rods - I have the 791 and it is amazing.

both have glowing reviews all over the place.

with rods like these, you'd swear Gary never left.