Fishing Rods

I just got my first spinning rod LTA. Was wondering what others have found as a nice pairing for a reel. This is a 6'6 medium. I like to fish with 6-8 lb. test depending on circumstances.

would like to stay around 80-100$. I have both shimano & Daiwa's on my bait casters but would be willing to look at others. I LOVE my HeMC7 and curado reel but thats another post.

I would go with the symetre or a shimano biomaster 2500. I actually have one for sale if your interested. Depends on what size reel your looking for.,

Have you considered the Stradic from Shimano? I use a 2500 on a medium action spinning rod and a Stella on a dock skipper. I really love both of them. The Stradic is extremely affordable and has been very dependable.

Thanks for the replies, I'm headed down to the Bass pro in B'more next week and I'll look at what they have to offer. Skeeter boy, went to your web site and could only find bait casters. I assume the biomaster is a japanese shimano?

take a look at okuma's line of spinning reels, depending on fresh or saltwater preference, you might be suprised,especially at the price.

haha yea thats not my website just someone Ige tall my reels from. The biomaster is made by shimano and is better than the stradic. http://www.dealtackler.com/T3Forum/view ... hp?t=11327
There is the reel.

Either a Shimano Symetre or a Stradic. The Symetre is very similar to the stradic but a little bit clunkier. The Stradic is definately worth a few extra bucks and is not the expensive to begin with.

I would recommend the Shimano Symetre as well, for 89.00 you can hardly go wrong with the name and overall performance. Another, for 79.99 is the Quantum Kinetic PTi. The Quantum comes with a great ceramic drag system, which is great, and has magnetic bail springs. To a lesser extent, it also has a titanium bail, which cannot be bent out of place, it is extremely flexible. However, working in a retail outlet, the best customer and employee reviews go for Shimano, however, sales generally go to the Kinetic, in that price range.

Hope this helps.

SHIMANO!

YES SHIMANO FOR BAITCASTING, BUT GET YOURSELF A DAIWA FOR SPINNING. WAAAAAAAAAAAY LESS PROBLEM WITH SPINNING COMPARED TO SHIMANO. GET A DAIWA TIERRA.

The biomaster is a $140.00 reel new from Japan. They also make an Ultegra that you can buy on Ebay for about $85.00 dollars and it is a Japan only reel. I have one of each and the ultegra is a fine reel that I put on a magnesium 6'9" med/lite spinning rod and it is spooled with 6# Vicious fluorocarbon. The reel is a model 2500 and has caught some 2 to 4 pound spots on Lanier in Georgia.