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It's really a "what feels good to you" thing when matching a rod to a reel. Personally, I have a pair of 8' Shimano Downrigger rods that I use for downrigger trolling. If you looked at them you would swear they were too weak for that job but they are matched to Daiwa 50H reels and will horse chopper blues and 20-30 lb Stripers all day long. I'm also partial to 6-7' Shakesphere Ugly stiks for fluking.
TIP: Whatever rod you decide on, do the following: Pick up the rod in your hand. Grab the tip and the butt lightly and flex (bend) it a little.... Does it flex evenly along the guides or does it want to twist to one side or the other of the guides? All rods have backbones... the sweetspot that they want to bend to. When you are building a rod from scratch you pick up the blank and flex it like I just said. Once you find the backbone you mark it and then you start marking where you will place your guides along that line. (Keep in mind that boat rods have the guides at the top of the rod and spinning rods have the guides at the bottom. When testing a rod, orientation of the guides is essential to get a proper feel of the rod) The machines that make mass produced rods are supposed to do basically the same thing automatically, but sometimes they miss. That's why two identical looking rods will feel different sometimes, so it's always a good idea to test them by flexing them before you buy them. (Especially if you are buying matched pairs of rods and reels for fishing like Fluking where you are holding a rod in each hand as you drift or troll).
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Ok, I went to the fishing flea market in Staten Island today and picked up a rod. Its an Ande 6'6" MH 20-40. It seems to be a nice fit for the reel. Thanks for all the guidance!
As Skunk said, the reel will hold 650 yards of 30# braid. Can I get by with 300 yards and back it with maybe 40# mono or should I get more braid? 500 yards of braid and less backing? Fill the whole thing with braid? Don't want to over complicate this but what about a top shot? Again I want to use this for trolling mojos. Maybe singles but probably tandems.
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