Quote Originally Posted by StantheMan2567 View Post
Congrats on the new rod, I do think you will like it. Did you mention the reel and line diameter you plan on saddling up to the new stick? I personally prefer the fine diameter of JDM braid and it’s sensitivity and low stretch, on a shallow spool JDM spinning reel of course. Further down the rabbit hole we go.
I haven't even started reading the reel and line topics. For starters I will most likely take a reel off one of my other rods to checkout how it balances with different weight reels. I seem to favor Diawa for reels as that is what I've ended up putting on the rods I use the past two years. My 2 9ft rods have BG2500s at 9.3oz I think they will be too heavy, my 2 7 ish ft rods have Revros 2000's (7.4oz) on them and I just put a Regal 2000(6.7 oz) on the 6 ft rod last weekend. I'm hoping one of them will balance nicely. I like the shallow spool on the Revros reels but wanted to try the Regal. As you can see I've been going with 2000 series reels, mainly for the larger spool diameter. A JDM reel is going to have to wait for awhile.

The Regal is spooled with 4lb vicious, I have National Guard drill this weekend on the other side of the state, so I will be going to bass pro and cabela's I'll look if they have anything in 2lb. I do have a spool of 4lb fireline crystal I'm just not a real fan of the line, although i've only used the 6lb a little bit. I imagine I will end up with JDM braid in the end, but think I will start with mono just for the stretch factor to protect the rod while getting started.