What is your favourite rod and reel combination and why?
I thought this may provide some interesting information for some of the new members (and even some of the older ones) when they are considering what sort of set-up thet might want to use.
Landbased
My favourite outfit for chasing big tailor and salmon would have to be my Daiwa Moonraker (it was 13' 8" but probablly closer to 13' 4" after its recent rebuild) and a Shimano Stradic 8000 FI. I find this combination gives me great casting distance with minimal effort.
The rod is light enough to hold onto for long sessions, but strong enough to give me the power to pull fish around reefy sections if need be. This reel has never missed a beat after many, many sessions on the rocks and the beach and the smoothness of the drag is a major help when a decent fish takes off.
Offshore
My go too outfit would be my Daiwa Saltiga Z4500 and my Xzoga PE4 rod. This combination gives me confidence that it will tackle just about any fish I hook.
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scottnofish
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old post
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/whats-your-favourite-rod-reel-combo
have some new gear since last time this came up
now my favourate would be twinpower 10000fc and pe2 monstermesh for up to 50m over 50m would be my stella 20000 and pe6 jigwrex
poketz
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Date Joined: 13/05/09
beach
my favourite combo is my 13ft daiwa sensor surf and my 14000 spheros. cast a mile and hasnt let me down yet. even had good fun with a dawseville ray on it =p
flangies
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Date Joined: 11/05/08
2500 stradic with T curve
2500 stradic with T curve before it died. Now the hearty rise evo with the 2500 stradic :)
I can rely on the stradic it hasnt missed a beat yet and the evo just feels so nice,
The t curve loaded up on all crazy angles without being close to snapping then one day it just randomly snapped :(
Dasho
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Date Joined: 24/03/06
My fav land based
My fav land based combo's:
Exxy = Stella 4000 with Tcurve
Squid = Stella 2500 with Egi force C type
Pond and jetty = Exist 2004 with Nitro bream
Metro tailor = Exist 2508 with Nitro distance
Metro herring = Sienna 1000 with Nitro distance
Colin Hay
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Some great combos there Dasho
My fav river and inside marina combo is a Stadic 2500 and a 3-4 kg Berkley Dropshot.
My oustide marina favourite is a Daiwa 3000 SOL combined with an E21 Carrot Stox rod.
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Dasho
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Taken me a few years worth
Taken me a few years worth of tax returns to build that collection up.
I always treat myself one reel per year.
Staying single, no kids(that I know of) and only partying once every 2-3 weeks saves money too
DhuBoi
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Date Joined: 25/05/09
Ha well i recently got my
Ha well i recently got my set up going , so myn is a ugly stick gold 10-15kg class, with 300 metres of braid on my PENN reel, i just have to test it out now ,
living is fishing
chrisp
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Date Joined: 24/05/08
Like that shot
Of the xzoga loaded up Colin..What was the result? Oh and my fav combo is my pe 2 xzoga and 5000fc twinpower.
Colin Hay
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Hi chrisp
That was one of a few Sambos I caught up at the Key Biscayne late last year.
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toneshort
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best combo
What species fish are you targeting when you go offshore with that Col? Surely you would be better off with a overhead if you were going to do a bit of trolling for trout and mackeral??????
Colin Hay
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Hi toneshort
I have a few different overhead setups as well for offshore and some soft plastic combinations, but the Xzoga and the Saltiga always go with me.
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Carolyn
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Date Joined: 13/10/07
Beach combo
My favorite landbased combo is my Daiwa 13ft Sensor Surf
with Ryobi Metal Royal spinning Reel. Hasnt let me down great distance casting with heavy weight in gale force weather conditions.
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Brody
Posts: 1025
Date Joined: 06/02/07
Jig Force PE1.5-3 with
Jig Force PE1.5-3 with Stella 4000. Has caught plenty of Dhu's, sambo's, blackarse etc.
flangies
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Date Joined: 11/05/08
Top rods those, do you max
Top rods those, do you max it out?
Brody
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haha in one word,
haha in one word, yeah.
Pulled in a 18kg sambo last week with it. my Stella was moaning.
gav077
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Date Joined: 05/04/09
My favourite would be a
My favourite would be a steve starling rod I got years ago and rebuilt it with a abu 6500 proshop loaded with 6 kilo braid. Has caught many an eagle ray right up to spanish mackeral up Steep Point and big tailor and salmon down south. Got a new rod and reel that is fast becoming my favourite though, it's a Polikansky 2010 loaded with a lot of 10 kilo braid on a custom built rod built by Barneyboy. Friggin' awesome
People who haven't caught a big fish just don't get it
barneyboy
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Thats good to hear Gav. Glad you like it!!
A favourite of my quiver is a Stradic 4000 with a custom built 6'6" pacific composite graphbutt and 20lb braid. Nice and light for working plastics with enough balls to stop big snapper and sambos. Best to date is a 25lb sambo and a 20lb snapper.
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
kane
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Date Joined: 07/12/08
My favourite at the moment...
Daiwa Saltiga game 3500 reel matched to a Saltiga SA-JG60MHFS rod, 35lb daiwa braid fitted. Simply for its versatility.
Gooooone Fishin!
crasny1
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Date Joined: 16/10/08
My favourite for almost all situations up in Dampier
has to be Monstermesh matched with saragosa 14000. Have even used this for trolling using it instead of the Shim TLDs. Then bottom bouncing and it jigs well to. Problem is the boss got hold of it and now its hers. So I use a trusty old ugly and TLD25 for trolling, a Berkley dropshot pro matched with a Saragosa 8000 for bounching and a Lacunas jigrod with Saragosa 8000 for jigging.
But then I have at least 20 other rods and reels to mix it up. I think I am the Saragosa nut and now own 8!!!! Just love them to death. Some say a upgraded Spheros but I think it is more like a downgraded Stella, and I think my Saragosa 4000 is better than my equivalant sized Stella (I only have one of these because I am rough with my gear)
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Bluebonefamily
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My favourite (one and only
My favourite (one and only reallly) is an Okuma 6'6 Solid Tip rod in hot pink and black with a Navi Shimano 5000 reel. I love it because it has a wippy tip that casts well and I have caught a few good whiting with it. Sometimes I have to fight the boys (5 &7yrs) off even though it is pink. They want to use whatever rod has caught the first fish. It is all good fun and even better if they catch something too.
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