stinkynathan
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I have a "hypothetical situation" for you rod/reel gurus here.
Let's say you were looking for two rod/reel combos to replace some pretty old equipment that was handed down to you from your grandpa. You live in South Dakota, so your fishing is biased towards walleye, perch, and crappie (but mostly walleye). Generally, you troll or drift Lindy rigs or bottom bouncers with one or both poles, tossing jigs and crankbaits with one pole when the troll/drift speed is slow enough. You are not against bait casters and have no preference on the butt end of your rods. Let's also say that you wanted to spend $150-200 for the combos. What would you buy?
I realize that $200 is pretty low for two combos, but I don't know that I can justify much better stuff as a first year teacher that is getting married in September. I figure I can hand my current, old stuff over to the fiancee, get new stuff, then hand this new stuff over to her when it's time to upgrade in a year or two.
Let's say you were looking for two rod/reel combos to replace some pretty old equipment that was handed down to you from your grandpa. You live in South Dakota, so your fishing is biased towards walleye, perch, and crappie (but mostly walleye). Generally, you troll or drift Lindy rigs or bottom bouncers with one or both poles, tossing jigs and crankbaits with one pole when the troll/drift speed is slow enough. You are not against bait casters and have no preference on the butt end of your rods. Let's also say that you wanted to spend $150-200 for the combos. What would you buy?
I realize that $200 is pretty low for two combos, but I don't know that I can justify much better stuff as a first year teacher that is getting married in September. I figure I can hand my current, old stuff over to the fiancee, get new stuff, then hand this new stuff over to her when it's time to upgrade in a year or two.