Texas Rig: Your Rod/Reel/Line setup

[rgbtr186le]

ALL STAR TAS786C, 6'6" MED-HVY
QUANTUM E650PT, 5.1
TRILENE XT, 12LB CLEAR

[livetofish]

I use a 7' MH Team All-Star
Pfluger President
12 Stren MagnaFlex

[Catt]

Heavy T-Rig

Rod: Castaway CSAP68 Sport Series Med. Heavy All Purpose. Length: 6’ 8” Line Class: 10 to 17 lbs. Lure Weight: 5/16 to ¾ oz.

Reel: Shimano Calcutta CT100 Gear Ratio: 5:8.1

Terminal Tackle: Berkley Big Game 15 lb test, 5/0 Strike King Saber Point Hook, & ¼ oz bullet weight painted black.

Light T-Rig

Rod: Castaway CSAP66 Sport Series Med. Heavy All Purpose. Length: 6’ 6” Line Class: 10 to 17 lbs. Lure Weight: 5/16 to ¾ oz.

Reel: Shimano Calcutta CT100 Gear Ratio: 5:8.1

Terminal Tackle: Berkley Big Game 15 lb test, 4/0 Strike King Saber Point Hook, & 3/16 oz bullet weight painted black.

[chefxian]

6'6" All Star
Curado Reel
Power Pro

[Spidergrub]

6'6"MH GLoomis 783C
Shimano Scorpion Metanium XT
PLine CXXX 15#

[Elken]

I don't Texas rig a lot, but when I do I use my spider jig rod:

Custom Rogue MB664 blank, split rear grip, no fore grip, spiral wrapped Fuji guides.

Reel is Daiwa Advantage with 10# fluorocarbon line

[NLVbassin]

6'8" St Croix Medium, Extra Fast / Legend Elite (Green) with Cronarch MG 50 10# Floro

George Roth Custom St Croix 7' Medium, Fast / Legend Elite (Green) with Cronarch MG 100 12# Floro

[TNT]

7' Falcon Cara #5
Daiwa Fuego
50lb PowerPro braid or 14lb Sufix

[mcorr]

6'10" Team Allstar rod with an Ambasadeur 4600c3 reel and 12lb. P-line.

I have a couple of other set-ups but this is my favorite.

[dukhntr]

G. Loomis IMX 843
Shimano Chronarch 50 MG
14 lb Seagur


Modified by dukhntr at 4:44 PM 4/24/2007

[Bassus Maximus]

More inputs found in other board:

http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=94583

[Ranger_man]

medium heavy 6,4 team all star

quantum pt tour edtion burner

17 lbs stren original


Modified by Ranger_man at 10:53 PM 8/19/2006

[Team Hobbie Hut]

St. Croix Legend Elite(green) EC66MHF. It's medium heavy 6'6" with a fast tip.
Shimano Curado
15lb. P-Line Premium

Clyde O.

[AveryF]

I usually have four Texas rig rods in the boat. I suppose I could get by with only one or two but each one is set up for a specific task. All of these rods are fitted with Pfleuger President reels.

1) 6'6" St. Croix Premier medium power, fast action rod with 10# McCoy's clear blue fluorescent line for finesse baits. I know that some folks will argue that a medium or medium-heavy spinning rod would be better for this application, but I just don't really care for them for some reason. I suppose it's because I very rarely use one, I'm terribly inaccurate with it, and I'm just flat not comfortable with spinning tackle.

2) 6'6" St. Croix Legend Tournament medium-heavy, fast action rod with 15# McCoy's clear blue fluorescent line for "regular" 7" worms, Baby Brush Hogs, etc.

3) 7' St. Croix Avid medium-heavy, fast action rod with either 15# or 20# McCoy's clear blue fluorescent line for 10" worms, big lizards, Brush Hogs, etc. This setup also doubles as my "big jig" rod and my pitching/flipping combo for those rare times when I use these techniques. I will, however, spool this setup with 50 or 65 pound braid for the few times each year that I go to Guntersville.

4) 6"6" G.Loomis medium-heavy, fast action rod with 12# McCoy's clear blue fluorescent line for just about everything else, including tubes. G.Loomis and St Croix rods are rated a little differently and it's difficult to make a direct comparison as far as power-ratings are concerned. Even though this rod is listed as a medium-heavy, it feels and fishes more like a medium power St. Croix rod.

Most people would probably say that the G.Loomis is the king of the stable but, believe it or not, my most favorite rods to use in this list are the first two. I don't have one but if I was looking for a decent worm rod that won't break the bank, I'd seriously look at either a medium or medium-heavy power, fast action rod in the new St. Croix Premier line.

[Z20basser]

I have 2 for this:
Kistler Magnesium 6'9" MH
BPS Extreme 8 BB Reel
15 lb Big Game

Kistler Magnesium 7' MH
BPS Extreme 8 BB
12 or 15 lb Big Game

[Rudeman]

For 6" and larger plastics:

BPS Extreme Woo Daves Model 6'6" with Daiwa Procaster-Z103HLA spooled with 20# Excalibur Mono

For light plastics:

Daiwa Light and Tough 6' MH Spinning rod with Daiwa Samurai 7i spooled with 10# Trilene XL

[rgbtr196le]

ALL STAR TAS786C (6.6/MH)
QUANTUM E750PT
TRILENE 14 LB CLEAR

[jigandpig518]

1) G.Loomis IMX 843 7' Baitcaster
2)Team Daiwa X 100HSDF
3)12 LB. Test P-Line CXX moss green

[Bass_cat]

Daiwa Cielo 7'
TD Advantage ST
16lb Sunline Sniper Line

[Bass Ackwards]

6'6" All Star WR1
Shimano Calcutta CT100B
14# PLine CX Supreme