St croix legend elite 6’3 mxf is my weapon of choice, and 7 foot rods are great for a vertically fished fireball jig. Just that lil bit more flex in the longet tip is great!

I doesnt matter. Anymore what size you had or didnt have in the paddle tail rainy river video.
Thanks

Mudshark, you said it best.

Overhere in the Netherlands we fish for zanders, these grow a lot larger than walleyes, we mainly fish vertical with jigs, and overhere a shimano 1000 is the biggest reel we use for braided lines, size 2500 is used for mono, for livebait.There are fishermen who jig on rivers and catch zanders that are 90 centimeters or even meter plus!

These fishe weigh between 8-10 kilograms, and were caught with braid lines and shimano 1000 sizes and Tica cetus SB 500 sizes, so a Pflueger size 25 must be aible to do that job a little better than a Tica cetus, imho!

I just ordered 3 Pflueger XT’s , so we’ll see how they hold up!
Thanks everyone.

Thanks James for clearin that up.

BBK , all im saying is that they look smaller in the video.
I’m not saying that the guy who sold James the reels is wrong, thats what you’re saying!

Mudshark, you’re right! I live in the Netherlands and caught Zanders up to 99 cm! With Tica Cetus Sb 500! No problem at all, pitching small jigs and vertical jigging!
So i dont understand the comotion that a 25 should be too light or small.
I just have my questions on the indepth outdoor video, and the size James was using, the reel is just as small as a little Shamano stradic 1000 or even smaller… And i didnt knew the size scale on the Pfluegers i asked around.
Still think this isnt a 30 size. I saw a piture on the net from a bass fisherman, he had a pflueger size 30 right next to a shimano 2500 and they are identical in size!

Ok thanks , but the 30 size is just as big ad a 2500 shimano, Chris has a 2500 shimano in the video, and james has a very small reel there. It has to be a 25 size pflueger.