I have 4 11ft bucks graphite jig poles. I dont have all one type reel on them all. I like my shimano 100 ax's i belleive they are the best. I have two of those, and a shimano sedona and spirex 200. I like the smaller reels for the jig poles, like the 100 vs's the 200's. Makes the pole lighter. At first I mixed and matched but starting to get them all the same. I like the poles, I snapped one a coulple weeks to a month after getting it and they gave me a brand new one, no questions asked.