Brand new to fishing, could use advice.

[davetclown]

the first place to start is to let us know what you want to target,

second place is to let us know your price range,

These will decide the type, quality and quantity of what you will want.

were you fly fishing or casting? This will also help us to know what your intrest are.

most people fish for salmon during thier runs in the spring and fall, summer time down riggers are used to get down to the depths you need to be.

there is no silver bullet that will do the all the work your intrested in having it do. to catch every thing you mentioned, you will want a 2 or 3 different rigs.

a spinning reel combo for your smaller species like bass on down to perch, for salmon you can get a combo rod and reel set up made of stainless steel so that you can use it both on fresh and salt water down riging rigs.

from your post I am getting the impression price is not a major issue, but I am not going to go that route.

the closest I can suggest that will handle fall runs and bass and posibly pan fish such as perch crappie and gills.

Rino rod or an Ugly Stick with a "Diawa" Jupiter 2500 with extra spools for different line weights.

Or somthing simmilar, How ever this rig will not be anything you will want to use on a down rigger system. You can fish deap with them with sinkers but not at the speed that a down rigger would give you.

for down rigging, you want a 30 pound class rod with stainless eyes and a large bait casting reel simmilar to a Penn 500

below are suggestions for combo that can be used on both fresh water and salt water.

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