>>2592015Lew's WMCS70MLS or TFO TPS 701-1 and any shimano reel from a cheap FX 1000 to a nice Sahara FJ 1000. The Lew's I'm pretty sure is just an updated color(and price increase) version of the same rod I have that has caught more fish than I can count. It's my favorite rod of all the ones I own despite being the cheapest. Being a crappie rod it has a very soft top half for casting extremely light jigs, sensitivity, and not ripping lips/pulling hooks out, but good backbone for several pound fish. Disregard the medium light rating, that's just crappie-speak I guess. Both of those rods do have stainless guides though so long-term braid useage could cause issues if it's softer stainless, I can't say for sure. It works just as perfect for hard treble baits as it does jigs too, I catch lots of decent sized bass on it that way.
