Perfect WA rod reel line combo?

[LongTatLaw]

If money was irrelevant and you wanted the perfect all around "rivers of Washington" rod, reel, line...what would ya pick?  I mean casting reels not fly fishing.

[billythekidrock]

Spin cast or bait cast?

[LongTatLaw]

from the shore... NO BOAT... but otherwise...you tell me!!

[tmike]

It's hard to beat this set up. Sage 286 with a Shimano Curado, spooled with Maxima ultra green. A little spendy, but you can feel a fish fart if ones there!

[Red Dawg]

G-loomis medium, fast action with curado, izorline with maxima leader. Maxima is a little to stiff to cast but is best for drift fishing. about a 300$ set up. I have put many steelies on the bank with this. You will never beet the sensitivity of a loomis.

[Antlershed]

You can't have just one rod... for smaller rivers for steelhead, it would be my Loomis 1141S with Shimano Symetre, for slightly larger rivers and steelhead and silvers it would be my Loomis 1083C with Shimano Curado, and if you want to go even bigger, Loomis 1024C with an Abu 6500 C3. 

[LongTatLaw]

Well sounds like the Curado is a decent start with some discussion on rods...

Im curious how both are a 300$ set up??  I just looked at Cabelas and the curado was 269 and the loomis start at 150 and get to 250$ easy

or was that pic a sage? which cabelas doesnt seem to carry?

is there a good place to buy that combo for 300$?

nice thing is it seems like this might work for a salt water trout and red fish pole when Im down fishing in GA and FL??

[M_ray]

I'd have to agree with my partner - Sage 286 & shimano combo! ... A hard to beat combo if you could only have 1 for everything. Ive landed 35 pound springer's 20 -25 pound silver dollar bright chum and 2-4 pound Puyalllup silvers and Steelhead of all sizes and it handles them all without a problem. I know I have more fish under my belt because of the sensitivity when they're biting light it's hard to beat!

[LongTatLaw]

Man those boys picture so damn nice!!!

hell  you catch em and Ill just be the guy beside the guy that caught the fish!!!

jk

I gotta get a piece of them fellas...

what do people do...eat em and just get blanks for the mount?

[LongTatLaw]

wheres the best place to purchase that combo?

[tmike]

The picture was a sage. For $300 you could get set up pretty good with an all around rod/reel combo that would get you started and cover everything you mentioned. You don't need to spend an arm and a leg. I just have an understanding wife. M_ray, you could catch that boot steelhead with a snoopy rod 

[M_ray]

M_ray, you could catch that boot steelhead with a snoopy rod 

If you were good like me you could too!

 Now I snowshoed 2 miles for that chrome this is what a boot looks like ... here's about a 20# boot
38 x20" ... which took me almost 10 minutes to land!

[LongTatLaw]

boot???

I wear an 8.5 wide...so what the hell kinda boots u fellas wearin??  lol

[M_ray]

what do people do...eat em and just get blanks for the mount?

I release about 98% of my fish and only keep Hatchery fish for the table.

[M_ray]

boot???

That's what we refer to a dark steely like the second one there ... tmike was trying to be funny about my first pic!