15 bfs - Centrifugal braking, palms great, 8:1 gears
16 bfs - Mag braking, audible clicking drag, xship, 8:1 gears
Cq bfs hg - Should be pretty similar to the 16 bfs xg with the added smoothness of being a conquest. 6:8 gearing

Beautiful rod

Wow, awesome fish tim !

^ Pretty much, you won't go back to spinning gear after using a bfs combo

In no particular order

Conquest 51/51s
Aldebaran mg7/Core 51
Megabass Zonda 10L/68L
Megabass Zonda hedgehog
Megabass IS71
12 aldebaran bfs xg
Pixy pxl-r

7:1 for me

Great thread, most of you guys know I'm a bfs junky. I honestly fish for all species on bfs gear but hope to build a nice mountain trout stream combo this year. Thinking new cq bfs hg, undecided on rods. Wish some of the newer Shimano trout rods had more bc models.

Topwater

Damn, rough crowd...

I would swap that spool & bearings over to the aldebaran. There much nicer reels then curado. In terms of braking, mag is so much smoother, no noise, and throws light baits just as well as centrifugal. Zpi 732 aldebaran, zpride, or bfc revos will just about smoke anything in the bfs world. SS air/al...

Congrats Tim !

Very nice marc

i slow roll the 3/16oz owner underspins with 4 inch keitech easy shiners. Pretty much fish it like a spinnerbait. Ive caught my largest fish the past few years with this setup.

If im in a jam, i grab the 1/4oz fish head spins from dicks sporting goods.

Nice lineup !

Very nice