st croix avid trek 3 piece spinning rod St, Travel - 7 ft. 6 in whether the rod is packed in a carry Avid Trek St Croix Avid

Well to me its like I have always said BOTH the reel and rod are just as important because yes you are right when you have said in the past that the rod puts tge pressure on the fish and helps in wearing it down so its able to be landed but without a good reel with good drag and smooth handling that rod isnt worth spit especially if the reels drag skips or even freezes up after a good size fish takes line especially with the real cheap reels these days its called teamwork kinda like a company that has a great boss but the workers are substandard the company will probably not last very long or vice versa with great workers but a horrible boss that only knows intimidation to get the workers to do a good job but of both are good then the company will obviously probably succeed think about it itd like you say with the 90/10 zone just because you have great tackle boat are in a good area unless you find the 90/10 zone you might as well not have gone in the first place in otherwords everything is important and to me everything is just as important as the other otherwise why would you talk about the 90/10 zone and about finding the bait the current and the structure if only one is the only important thing of coarse not they ALL are just as important as the other anyways thats my point of view but as far as the reel your doing a report on Ill still stick with my 110 dollar shimano nascis had them going on about 6 years now without so much as one flaw to count against them in otherwords they work for me and I dont change unless they do thanks for the review and all you do Teamwork makes the dream work

I prefer the 19lb Defire for my set up and depending on water clarity usually pair it with 7lb or 9lb Shooter

I do wonder if gear makers would actually want their gear tested in some kind of objective way

Features Graphite Spool for Strength Pre-Spooled with 6 lb