New To Freshwater Fishing....

[doolay]

If you want to try and stay in that price range, I would suggest going with a combo. Mainly because it usually seems that you can get slightly better quality stuff for just a bit less then buying them separately. With that said, I think its going to be hard to get the higher quality rods and reels for that price. And from my experience with bait casters its usually better to buy the higher quality products. For example; I bought a reel for like 50 bucks and less than a week later it fell apart on me. So I went and traded it in for a better quality reel and have never been happier. Sometimes you do luck out thought and get a really great product for a really great price. Hope this helps.
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