06-06-2008, 03:44 AM
I'm also new to fishing, so I don't have any "expert" advice. But this is what I did:
Cheap... this way, if I decide I don't like what I got, I don't end up 'wasting' a ton of money. I got 2 rods (one I usually use, and one for either a back-up, or for friends/family tagging along and would need to borrow). My rod was $12, and the spare was $9, both at Wal-Mart. I'll probably go somewhere "fancy" (Cabela's, Sportsman's Warehouse, etc.) for my better rods when I decide on a real one.
Type - I got the closed spinners, with the trigger. First rod I ever used, on a vacation, was the spinning reels with the 'bail' you have to flip over...and I was constantly forgetting to flip it! So until I actually get good at the basics, I'm going to use the closed reel/trigger kind. However, the open/bail kind is really good, for the fact that you rest your finger on the line, and can feel the real light/subtle bites much better than having to "feel" them through the whole rod.
By the way, I don't know what the spare rod is... but I know that my own one is a Shakespeare. I've heard that Ugly Sticks are good.
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Cheap... this way, if I decide I don't like what I got, I don't end up 'wasting' a ton of money. I got 2 rods (one I usually use, and one for either a back-up, or for friends/family tagging along and would need to borrow). My rod was $12, and the spare was $9, both at Wal-Mart. I'll probably go somewhere "fancy" (Cabela's, Sportsman's Warehouse, etc.) for my better rods when I decide on a real one.
Type - I got the closed spinners, with the trigger. First rod I ever used, on a vacation, was the spinning reels with the 'bail' you have to flip over...and I was constantly forgetting to flip it! So until I actually get good at the basics, I'm going to use the closed reel/trigger kind. However, the open/bail kind is really good, for the fact that you rest your finger on the line, and can feel the real light/subtle bites much better than having to "feel" them through the whole rod.
By the way, I don't know what the spare rod is... but I know that my own one is a Shakespeare. I've heard that Ugly Sticks are good.
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