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What are your favorite lures for Bluegill and Redears? 17 Replies

While using ultralight rods and reels, what artificial baits do you use, and what are your favorites and why?Continue

Started by Jeff Soto. Last reply by Slip Sinker Jul 27, 2018.

TFO. FW - Fly/Spin 17 Replies

Been looking at TFO offering a combination fly /spin 6'0 med flex rod was wondering if anyone has any experience with this combo rod, I've handled combination rods b4 but they didn't feel like a fly…Continue

Started by paul sach. Last reply by hill country Feb 1, 2016.

What rod length do you prefer? 52 Replies

I have used ultralights for years and I started out with the usual 5 footers. They work great and they surely have their place. However, the past year or so I have stepped up to rods measuring…Continue

Started by Mo Fish. Last reply by JBplusThuy Dec 9, 2015.

What makes UL truly UL? 3 Replies

I got to thinking about this from a reply I made in the rod length discussion. With my most recent line replacement, my lightest line from a specified pound test perspective is 6# and that is…Continue

Started by Andy is OptiMystic. Last reply by Slip Sinker May 12, 2015.

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Comment by Tony Livingston on May 22, 2014 at 6:10pm: Pflueger is my choice of reels also. I have several, Including Triton's, Presidents, and Supremes. Not a bad one in the bunch, and they make a reel for nearly every budget and application.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on May 22, 2014 at 5:03pm: Chevy vs. Ford, Leo.

Comment by John Sheehan on May 22, 2014 at 5:03pm: Sounds great Jim ! I got a great deal (30 bucks off ) on the Sensilite rod .

Comment by Jim Gronaw on May 22, 2014 at 4:44pm: Nice setup, John. I have several of the Presidents and they are sweet for the money.

One of my favorite UL rods is an older Bass Pro Micro Lite at 6 ft, the older brown colored rods. I have broken this rod at the ferrel, but attached and epoxied it together and now serves as a sweet 5-8 UL that is a hoot on anything that swims. Just missed banking a teen class carp last week at Pymatuning on this and 4 lb test. I also, for a short stick, like the 5-6 UL two piece from Dick's Field and Strem line of freshwater rods.

Both of these are great budget sticks that will cover many panfishing bases. I am anxious to try the new 10-6 Russ Baily 'Crappie Wizard' from B&M Poles that was graciously given to me for a field test and report from the crappie pros last week at Pymatuning. I will likely use it as a drop-shot rod for hauling summer bulls from deeper vegetation. Can't wait!

Comment by John Sheehan on May 22, 2014 at 4:24pm: Catching 11-13.5 " Crappie on a Shimano Sensilite ,matched with a Pflueger President UL Reel spooled with 2# test and fishing a 32nd oz. Buck tail jig /Twister tail .

Comment by Leo Nguyen on May 22, 2014 at 3:59pm: Ahhh..gloves off David ;-)

Tooty's semi-indestructible 5'8" Wonderods, paired with Quantum Bill Dance's signature series ultralight reel. Spare White Water 7'8" Dogwood Canyon rod to pair up with the Pflueger micro spinning reel, both preloaded with 4lbs braided lines. Waste of money for braided line this small, but fun none the less. Of course, I also bring my two Okuma fly reels to play when when there's sufficient space and wading depths.

Fishing is about gain extra experience. Gears may count only as 5% of the total mastery of your fishing skills. My kids and wife dance around me like I'm an idiot when it comes to fishing.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on May 22, 2014 at 3:49pm: Me, I like a 7' spin fly rod and a TRIGGER SPIN reel. My favorites are the Daiwa's, down-lined to 4# mono with 36" of fluoro leader.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on May 22, 2014 at 3:35pm: Hi Ralph. Received your message through the group message system.

What you have is more that sufficient to have fun on the water. Unless you have a budget to purchase the man's toys of choices, best just to enjoy with the low and mid end gears. Like you, I don't have much budget to play with. I stick with Quantuum Ultra Light Combo fast action, 4'8", with a micro reel. Aside from that, I grab some Bass Pro Shop $20 5'2" ultra light slow action for the jigging action, paired up with an old Shimano reel.

Depending on what you're fishing for, where at, site's conditions, and which method (jigging/fly/spoon/float/etc.), rod manufacturers provide you an edge in detecting/sensitivity, casting, and of course, reliability.

For me, I take with me most of the time my 4'8" and 5'2" fast action rods, paired up with a real that can support a minimum of 150 meters of 4lbs test lines just in case a large bass, carp, or catfish decided to play tug war with me. Smoothness of the reel is your preference. The more you spend, the higher quality of smoothness you'll get. However, if you budget only allows you to have mid end reel, $15 to $30 reel from Target/Walmart is more than sufficient. Pflueger President is pricey at mid end. Why not go for the Shimano Syncopate? Abu Garcia Cardinal is a fun reel to play with. I wouldn't mind sinking my teeth into some Okuma reels that are on sale either.

Comment by Rick Van Clief on July 12, 2013 at 5:53pm: Thanks Vince. As it turns out all I had to do was scoll down a page or two and there were several reel suggestions. Sorry - I'm still getting used to the layout of this forum.

Comment by Vince Fusco on July 12, 2013 at 12:09pm: I would recommend a Quantum Optix reel they run about 20 bucks and are a decent reel that will last a good while. For about 50 bucks you can get a Pfluger President reel. I have both reels and both will do well on a ultra lite rod. Shimanno makes some low end reels that run between 20-30 bucks, but I have not fished the newer ones, so I cannot say how good they are. As a rule, Shimmano's are good reels.