High Speed or 2 Speed Spinning reel?

[sharjak]

Stick with a single high speed reel. I don't see how more torque will help you on a spinning reel.

[blazian]

Personally down in Cabo I use a Daiwai 6500H. You will just need high speed to retrieve poppers and stuff. It will cast a mile and pull on basically anything. How small does the travel rod break down to? Okuma didn't have the 10ft a couple years back.

[dpricenator]

Originally Posted by blazian

Personally down in Cabo I use a Daiwai 6500H. You will just need high speed to retrieve poppers and stuff. It will cast a mile and pull on basically anything. How small does the travel rod break down to? Okuma didn't have the 10ft a couple years back.

It breaks down into 4 pieces and comes in a semi rigid travel case., that is 34.5 inches long. It'll fit in my suitcase, so it's small enough for me. I decided on it, after I held it. This thing is super light weight, and thinner at the bottom than most rods, but says it's rated for 2-6 oz lures. and up to 65 lb braid. Considering it is so light, I figured I would be more comfortable casting it for a couple hours at a time. Not sure I would pay the $200 the Turner's is selling it for, but I picked it up on Amazon for $128 shipped. It should be here this week. I'll test it out with a couple of the reels I already have, and will report back. I have a 10 foot Ugly Stick, but I can't cast that thing to save my life. Maybe 40 or 50 yards. I am hoping I can get 100+ out of this one. With practice time of course. Here is the link. I got the Heavy Power version after reading that the Medium Heavy version was having trouble actually casting as much weight as it was rated for.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.tackledirect.com/okuma-n...surf-rods.html

[Mahigeer]

I have conventional style one and I like it.

[dpricenator]

Originally Posted by blazian

Personally down in Cabo I use a Daiwai 6500H. You will just need high speed to retrieve poppers and stuff. It will cast a mile and pull on basically anything. How small does the travel rod break down to? Okuma didn't have the 10ft a couple years back.

So UPS just delivered my rod. Man it looks good. It's beautiful shade of Navy Blue, and it's lighter than most of my 7 foot rods. Pretty sure I'm starting to not feeling good and will have to leave work early today. After all, I do have to learn how to cast a 3 oz lure 100 yards. I'm more used to casting 1/2oz to 1 oz lures from a 7 ft rod, maybe 50 yards. This should be fun!