I bought the promax combo and really enjoyed it for bass. Moved and used it for salmon. It didn't last to long against the bigger fish and now the reel needs some work. Eposeidon.com has some good prices on their reels and everyone iv got from them has held up nicely no matter what I put it up...
Over here in WA lots of people with money use lamiglas and gloomis rods. Those of us that don't want to spend so much usually go with okuma SST's. I have a Med mag taper for walleye, steelhead, and smaller salmon. I use heavy mag taper for the big boys. I also have a float drift SST I use to...