How many combos do you guys have

[mdesouza]

[/quote]Mike D

Hey Mike,

Seems like you have a few more casting reels than rods so if you ever want to let that Sol go, let me know!!
Nice haul BTW[/quote]


Hey Brad

You noticed the lob lopsidedness of my collection (and pointed it out to boot ) LOL. It's driving me nuts on top of that too. But don't worry - I have a plan. Before the beginning of the season I plan on acquiring a CUC-72MHF and then next season ill add a DX744 and DX743 to the group. This way all will be equal

Plus that gives me some some time to turn 2 of those E5's into 6's for next summer (but I doubt the curado E's will b used very much - I just like having an equal number of rods and reels so everyone has a home and no one feels left out

As for the sol I wouldn't hold your breath, lol. I waited to get my hands on one from Canada for a long time and I don't see myself getting rid of it anytime soon.

Mike D

[biggs]

my bad for bringing that up! I am in the same boat but with spinning. 2 spinning reels (stradic Ci4, FJ) and only one spinning rod.......OK maybe not exactly the same.

Well, I'll hold my breath for the Sol just in case cause you never know

[fishingandfords]

casting

D7 - DX745
D7 - 7' MH elite
D7 - 7' H extreme
50E - DX742
Core 50 - recon 764
E7 - DX784ML
50E - DX 743
50E - 7' MH elite
Mentanium mg - champ 705cb glass
Core 100mg7 - MB 7'2 orchi destroyer

spinning

who cares
couple stradics and a couple rods

Added a DX742 for my finesse casting rod

After I get my reel parts I'll do a family shot

[dukhntr]

Loomis CBR845/ Calais 100a
Loomis CBR783/ Suped up CuradoE5
Loomis GLX843/ Chronarch D7
Loomis GLX782/Chronarch 50 MG
Loomis 844 GLX/Chronarch D7
Loomis NRX 852S/Stradic Ci4
Loomis IMX SJR782/Sustain 2500FE
Loomis SBR752/Chronarch D7
Loomis NRX854/Chronarch D7
Loomis NRX893/Chronarch D7
Loomis BCR893 GLX/Chronarch D7
Loomis Walleye series 7' med/light/ Saros 3000

[Bryan Capes]

12 functional and a few that are just sitting - my problem is narrowing down which ones to put on the deck since I like them all.

[soua0363]

Here is my list for bass fishing:

Casting:
St. Croix LTB 7'-3" XH with tuned Zillion 50th: heavy cover pitching and flipping
St. Croix LTB 7'-0" H with Zillion 50th: pitching, flipping, and frogging
St. Croix LTB 7'-0" M with tuned TD-X 103HSDF: finesse fishing (weightless plastics, light jigging, and small cranks)
St. Croix LTB 6'-9" ML with tuned Sol: drop shot, small plastics, and small crankbaits
St. Croix Avid 7'-0" MH with Quantum TE: swim jigs, open water and light cover jigging rod, and toads
Matt Lures Swimbait rod with tuned Curado 200E or Abu Record HC60: as the rod name imply...swimbaits
BPS Extreme Woo Daves 7'-0" medium with BPS JM reel shallow to medium depth crankbaits
BPS Extreme 7'-6" MH with Quantum Energy: lipless cranks and wake baits
BPS JM rod 6'-10" MH and BPS JM reel: Carolina rig, football head jigs, and worms
Quantum Tour KVD 7'-4" MH with Quantum Energy: deep diving crankbaits and larger shallow running cranks

Spinning:
Shimano Crucial 6'-6" ML with Sol 2000: drop shot, small baits, and small crankbaits
BPS Extreme 6'-6" medium with Plfueger Supreme 35: small jigs, Senkos, and weightless plastics

[BlaineFred]

There is an article on wired2fish.com called the 6 rod matrix I think. Anyway it's an article about how you can cover pretty much most of the popular techniques with a total of 6 combos. It's a 2 part article if I remember correctly. Do a search and read up I think it could help you make the right decisions. Good luck

Just in case no one else has posted the wired2fish link, here 'tis...

Excellent article, also the article has an internal link to a rod/reel/line/application matrix.

http://blog.wired2fish.com/blog/bid/628 ... ing-System

[BamaBulldawg]

This is a very interesting thread, and I have copied most of the posts into a Word file so I can use it for reference in making up some of my own combos.

I fish tournaments back-of-the-boat, and I will begin a thread to identify combos that such anglers are using.

I was thinking of doing the same thing. Would you mind sharing your results? I'm looking for hints for my next purchase for weightless trick worms and senkos.

[falcon]

First that comes to mind is a loomis 853, croix MF and a croix MHXF

[BlaineFred]

This is a very interesting thread, and I have copied most of the posts into a Word file so I can use it for reference in making up some of my own combos.

I fish tournaments back-of-the-boat, and I will begin a thread to identify combos that such anglers are using.

I was thinking of doing the same thing. Would you mind sharing your results? I'm looking for hints for my next purchase for weightless trick worms and senkos.

I didn't get very many posts on the back-of-the-boat thread, so it was a little disappointing. I don't have the link handy, but you can search on "combos" as a thread title word.

As for my own personal combos, I've been buying some rods and reels, so my combo grouping is still a work in progress.

I can e-mail you the list of posts on this thread that I put into a Word file for reference.

On weightless trick worms, that's basically finesse fishing so you are better off with spinning gear. You can do it with light baitcasting gear such as a Dobyns Extreme DX 701 or 702, and a light reel with a very shallow spool, a Pixy?? Maybe others can provide their views.

[ecu daniel 14]

i normally only take three on the kayak

but i have seven combos all together....ranging from ultralights to heavy saltwater tackle.

my favorite three right now:

6'8" L Recon - Sol-L
Dobyns 684cb - Okuma Cedros baitcaster
Cashion rods custom made 6' Ultralight - Fuego 1000a

[zodiak311]

the only fear is when u pass
the spouse start selling at the price u told them!

I'd be rolling in my grave!

[BamaBulldawg]

I like this thread. All the reels below are left handed models

GLX 844/Chronarch 101D7 TX Rig
Champion 765 FLIP/Chronarch 201 E7 Flipping
Champion 735/Core 51 MG7 Pitching
Savvy 735/Curado 201 E7 Frog
Savvy 703/Chronarch 201 E6 Spinnerbait/Chatterbait
Loomis 896 DF/ Old 201Citica 5:1 Deep Divers
Custom St. Croix/Calcutta XT 101 5.8:1 Shallow/Med Cranks
Team All Star 826c/Curado 201BSF Jigs
Team All Star 786c/Curado 201BSF Topwater/Flukes/Spinnerbaits
BPS 6'6"Crankin Stick/Curado 201BSF Jerkbaits

[summers]

BCR802 (GLX) - PX68
BCR803 (GLX) - TDZ 103ML R+
BCR893 (GLX) - TDZ 103HL Ito
BCR854 (GLX) - TDZ 103ML R+
BCR855 (GLX) - TDZ 103ML

BCFR863 (GLX) - TDZ 105HL
BCFR954 (GLX) - Zillion 100SHA

MBR843 (IMX) - TDZ 103ML
MBR783 (IMX) - Sol
MBR782 (IMX) - Pixy

I just treated all my bait caster rods with u40 last night so I finally had all of them in one spot for a picture.

[quantum angler nt]

Summers,

What are you using the BCR803 GLX for?

QNT