Here are some recommendations
For "Baale-batim":
If you want a good shiur on a Blatt g'mara go to a Rosh Yeshiva. If you need a sheilah pasqened - go to a Poseiq. Sometimes they will be one and the same person. Often they will NOT be.
B"H, my in-laws have the luxury of a Rav who is also a rebbe in a Yeshiva, and a big lamdan. They have the best of both worlds and can conveniently do "one-stop" shopping.
For Rabbanim:
Consider my advice to not necessarily turn to one's favourite rebbe to answer a Sheilah. Rather - consider a Poseiq, a Dayan, etc.
For looking up Halachah, think the same way.
Shulchan Aruch and Rema were world class posqim. They might make a better model then a lamdusher sefer written by a teacher.
Consider S'farim such as Beth Yosef and Aruch Hashulchan.
Kitzur Hilchot Shabbat was written for Beis Yaakov High School students. But its the author was a world-class Dayan in Washington Heights [Rav Posen].
If you want to STUDY halachah, a pedagogue may teach you better. If you want to DECIDE halachah the decisive choice ought to be a decider.
E.G., IMHO The Tur teaches the Halachah more clearly than the SA-Rema. But the SA-Rema is more decisive, because the Tur is very subtle and does not push any single Sheetah.
Summary:
Don't hesitate to use your Roshei Yeshiva to teach you Torah
And
Don't hesitate to use your Poseiq to make the tough calls
Shalom
RRW
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