Reccomend me a swimbait rod

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Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by tolliver7 » Sun May 25, 2014 5:25 am

Bought a Conquest 250 DC to throw 1 to 3 ounce baits like 3:16 Rising Son and other line thru swimbaits. Now I need a rod to pair with the reel. Looking for recommendations from the more experienced.

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by SwimbaitsatLMV » Tue May 27, 2014 2:29 am

LDC MH, Phenix 790, okuma xh... how much do you want to spend?

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by H8R » Tue May 27, 2014 4:33 am

TW has the Powell Max SBR's on sale! Great rods for GREAT price!

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by tolliver7 » Tue May 27, 2014 5:40 pm

Willing to spend up to $350.00. I have been getting a lot of recommendations for the Dobyns Mike Long model.

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by SwimbaitsatLMV » Thu May 29, 2014 6:02 am

If you have the money buy the LDC. I am not a fan of dobyns. The guide inserts pop out way too often and they aren't anything special.

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by GARRIGA » Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:27 am

tolliver7 wrote:Willing to spend up to $350.00. I have been getting a lot of recommendations for the Dobyns Mike Long model.
The Dobyns 795ML has served me well in that lure range. My overall preference is the 806ML because of the longer butt section and although it will work an ounce lure it shines better at 2oz plus.

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by slideaction » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:29 am

Dobyns 908 has been my work horse. I cast everything from a super spook and 5 in bullshad to the deps 250. I alternate reels from curado 300 (with 65# 832 braid) to calcutta te (with 25# cxx)and even luna 300. Curado works nice on the smaller baits while the te works great with both, esp if u just add an abec7 bearing. May need to brake up if two abec7. Just the stainless steel ones, the orange bocas may be much on the te or luna

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by jerrylo913 » Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:28 am

LDC

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by Reservoir » Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:37 pm

Dobyns 867

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Re: Reccomend me a swimbait rod

Post by Reservoir » Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:38 pm

Sorry I didn’t realize how old this thread was.

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