by lumpy » Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:23 pm
hi brian, what kind of budget are you looking at.i would agree with mac, get a nice 8wt and it will cover all situations you mentioned above. match it with a relatively cheap 8wt reel (okuma airstream is more than sufficient).. more expensive reels are a luxury, save your money here and buy a quality floating, or sinktip saltwater line (this will pay dividends in terms of casting) add some spools of 4, 8 and 15lb flourocarbon or mono tippet and a handful of flies you should be well set to begin..like everything you can add as you improve.
one major piece of advice is if you can try get a casting lesson or 2 with a qualified instructor. you will improve your casting and hopefully catches 10 fold
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish
regards neil