New rod and reel

[Tarpon4me]

The rod is in the mid range in regards to quality, and the reel on the lower mid range. I would agree with most of what Dave said, would handle most of what you would run into in fresh water. You did get a good deal. That reel, however, I wouldn't trust on larger blue and flathead cats. I use 65 and 80 lb stand up gear, and hand sized live baits for the larger cats. Would be fine for channel cats, using stink baits and such.
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