Reel Pairing Guides
Pick the Core rod you fish. Each guide connects that rod to the techniques it is built for, the reel requirement for that job, and three commercial options: Premium, Mid-Tier, and Budget-Minded. The same reel can appear on more than one rod when the mechanical requirement matches. TrashCan Rodz does not sell these reels.
Casting rods
- Core Series P813 — Crankbaits, jerkbaits and small topwater
- Core Series MB843 — Texas rigs, jigs and target spinnerbaits
- Core Series MB872 — Weightless stickbaits, light plastics and topwater
- Core Series MB873 — Deep Texas rigs, Carolina rigs and swim jigs
- Core Series MB874 — Heavy cover jigs, frogs and flipping
- Core Series CB875 — Crankbaits, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits
- Core Series DD885 — Flipping, punching and heavy frogging
- Core Series BGJ903 — Carolina rigs, football jigs and deep water
- Core Series FP936 — Heavy punching, mat frogs and big swimbaits
Spinning rods
- Core Series SJ842 — Drop shot, Ned rig and shaky head
- Core Series SJ843 — Wacky, Neko and power finesse
- Core Series S721 — Crappie, panfish and stream trout
- Core Series S782 — Panfish, trout and walleye
- Core Series L843 — Twitchbaits, spinning cranks and topwater
- Core Series L904 — Catfish rigs, live bait and long casts