I fish most all salmon and steel head with my 9ft Loomis IMX 8-12 baitcaster with a Shimano Chronarch.
You Guys?

G Loomis IMX 1025C with my Shimano Curado 201 BSF !!!

9' Sage and a shimano calcutta conquest works for me

Lead bait is my go to.

Works every time.

Dupont spinner works everytime........everytime!

If the fish are there.

mines a loomis gl2 1024 and my new toy, a fleuger president

Loomis Str1141s GLX w. Daiwa Laguna 2500
ohh what a set up


skeets

Rainshadow 1025 with Ambassodor 6501, just got the rod a few months ago and havnt been able to put it down to use any of my other rods since. Just been changing reels to accomadate the species.

St. Croix 10.5', calcutta 251. Always.

Raven IM9 15' rod coupled with my Hanson centrepin, homade floats, bait or jigs depending on time of year.

Loomis STR1141S IMX 9'-6"/Okuma combo with 10# mainline & 8# leader for drift fishing/side-drifting here at home.

Loomis STR1086C GL2 9' /Shimano Bantam 200 with 20# mainline for swinging spoons up north.

My bread is a Loomis GL3 1025c, my butter is a Calcutta 251. I've got a garage full of rods and reels but this combo has probably seen the most use.

G Loomis STR1084C IMX and a Shimano Calcutta 200.....perfection

I love the 1084c IMX, I used to use a 251 calcutta, but like the faster retrieve and farther casting of the chronarch.

In the rivers my bread is a GLoomis 9'6" GL3 STR1143 C

and the butter is a Shimano Chronarch 101

1084C IMX paired with a Calais.....Is there better?

1084 IMX with Curado 201 BSF.....
That's my bank rig for brats.

The truth-Loomis MBR941,30lb power prp,metallic pink tadpolly,no rattle,no black head,shot of wd40,truth be told ,bet I'm not alone

10.5 foot shimmano convergence w/ daiwa triforce

10.5 foot lamiglas G1312 w/ abu 5500

8.6 lamiglas w/ mitchell 300X

9 ft ,Sage ,tarpon fly blank,built for gear,with a Calcutta 200 GT TE,loaded with 12 lb ultragreen .Sweet and light.

Since I play for both teams

New generation Sage 290 tied up by TH with all the super extras coupled with a Shimano Chronach Mg

or:

Sage 8100-4 XP with Lamson 3.5 and one of my gazillions of spools with Rio or Airflo lines

Maybe on my next blow-out day, I'll post some pix of my rod rack in the garage, the wall o gear (biggest tackle selection west of PA), and my Shimano Bantam Collection (almost complete).

XP 896 / Canyon 4, Sage Performance taper or Rio Versi - tip.

Allstar 1063 with my Abu Torno Pro 3004 HSI.

9 foot Eagle Claw Trail Master paired with a Mitchell 301, Royal Bonny 2 line, two big trebles and a spark plug or a BBS! (A BBS is top secret unless you know Wintrrun)

All I can say like JNT is- Perfection!

Allstar 1143, Calcutta 200 with 12lb Fenwick
Riverline, followed up with a BBC. (a BBC much
like the BBS is also top secret) unless you
know JTD

Lamiglass X 96 JC - 9'6" Medium 6-15lb with a Calcutta 250 or a Pflueger Trion for quicker retreive. Love this combination for Salmon and Steelhead!

CND Skagit Specialist, Tibor “Riptide” and a H2H line!

KK this weekend!

Bob

lotta shimano caster fans, maybe I should look into them, been kinda lookin fro something to replace my abu 5501 with

My bread and butter is a str1042c gl2 with a castaic 201 sf.

Loomis 1263 GL3 with a Diawa CVZ 253.....

I remember two years ago when a shop in Alaska had a end of season sale. What did you end up with something like 300 k15's

For targeting hatchery fish, it's my Lamiglas G1324 with a Curado. Later on when I go to more spoons and jigs for natives, I use my 10.5' 8-17lb Convergence, also with a Curado.

GL3 1024c with a Calcutta 251.

I am surprised no one has said:
12ft Ugly Stick Surf rod with an Abu Garcia spinning reel running spider wire or fire line braid!
I see a ton of them down here during the king run!

My river casting setup is my old LCI 9' 8-15 with my original Diawa Autocast. One of these days I'll upgrade the reel as the new ones cast so much better but I hate to think how many fish this setup has landed!

For my Bugrod it all depends... But for Salmon and Steel I go with my Sage RPLXi 8wt 3 piece with a Tioga Teton 12LA loaded with a Rio Windcutter Multitip.

St. Croix 9'6" 8wt, Pflueger Medalist 1495, with a multi sink-tip line, and a pink bunny leech.

Samonella-

By pure coincedence... can you believe that is my back up rig! That clear boron tip sure helps after dark doesn't it? And when you cram them in the trunk of the Corolla they never break- even a twelve footer! Ahh mi compadre

Esprit Boron 8.6 ft with a Quantum 1311MG and 10# P line. One of the best rods Lamiglas ever made.

TFO 3113 rod with a Milner center pin spooled with 15 lb Maxima Chameleon

When fishing low, clear water, year around, a Shimano Curado 101 coupled with a self-built Loomis GL3 1141 with no-longer-available Fuji tall double foot CASTING guides.......No spinning reels for this egg slinger.

I love this set-up. Caught just about every species of every size with it at different times of the year.

OK
I'll play

Since Bob already mentioned the Sage 290

I guess I'll throw out the

Lamiglas Ti2000 92ml 9'2" 6-15# (built by us)
w/ a Shimano Chronarch (upgrade bearings)
it's a killer set up!