I have two on the deck at all times.

Love my Zillions!

Was attempting to teach my son how to use a BC today, he was using one of my Zillions. Tightened down the spool tension a little and handed it to him. Completely forgot to set the brakes, and first cast blew it up. Lesson learned lol.

Alabama for sure

Costa Fantail

I’ve never had any luck with black and blue plastics for some reason, no matter how many times I’ve tried.

Senko or T-Mac worm

I’m planning on trying out a Bantam this year.

21 Scorpion DC

Why’s your typical guide train look like for a 7’ish spinning rod look like Mattman? For most freshwater set ups that aren't at the ultra light end or the heavy swimbait end, not counting the tiptop... 25, 16, 10, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5. Matt Everyone seems to have jumped on the KRh guide system these days....

Fuji TiSiC's are a staple for me. The weight reduction is very impressive. Very corrosion free. I struggle with the Torzites from a cost standpoint. For the big jump in price, I would expect a ceramic that out performs SiC in every category, but that's not the case. Same thing back 15 or 20 years a...

My plan was a KL-H 16, KL-H 8 and then a KL 5.5M. I’m just having a hard time finding those matching with colors and rings and also being in stock lmao.

What kind of spinning guides do you guys prefer? I’ll be building a Batson RX10 ETES-68MXF and this will be the first spinning rod I’ve built. On my casting rods I always used AT Ti-Forged guides and liked them but I’m thinking about stepping up my rod game and going with Fujis. Trying to decide if ...

Ordered a Certate and a Sustain for anyone interested lol! Excited to try them!

Looking to upgrade my spinning reel game, I’ve got nice baitcasters but all my spinning reels are ancient Stradics and BPS Pro Qualifiers. What are you guys using and liking? I’m open to Shimano, Abu or Daiwa. Not really trying to spend Stella/Exist money but I’m fine with $200-$350 and getting a co...