best boat rods and reels

Tue May 26, 2009 10:51 pm

Hi lads and lassies,
could anyone help me out i do a lot of sea fishing from shore marks,im looking for two boat rods and a set of reels to go with them any advice on products would be extremely helpful basicly the father in law is looking for a desent all round rod maybe something between 20 to 30 ib strain light wreck fishing speciecs like pollack,mackeral cod,ling prob pay about 80 to 90 euros for rod and reel.
thaking you,
diarmuid

Re: best boat rods and reels

Wed May 27, 2009 2:07 pm

80-90 euro per rod and reel puts you in the second hand market for anything decent mate. Let me have a look in my shed and get back to you.... :D I dont really use standard boat gear myself so should have something around that may suit.

Re: best boat rods and reels

Wed May 27, 2009 4:17 pm

got a ron thomson 30-50lb class rod,45e and a penn seaboy reel 43e both bought in heaneys hardware claremorris,have had them for two years and 12 boat trips, so far ive no complaints.also bought a 12-20lb class rod (kamakazie) 46e matched it with a okuma 20cl reel 120e (same shop) for the light fishing, only done one trip with this rod so far,but it preformed fine,had great fun with full house of mackys :D but this rod can handle big fish just have more fun playing them!!