I actually did buy cheap rods £40.00 each, Daiwa blackwidow g50 3lb tc and they have been excellent rods. As for reels I did pay a little more Daiwa crosscast but the model I got is no longer available but there again excellent reels. As long as you do your research.
I wouldn't of got the century if it wasn't for my fantastic wife buying it for my birthday, I just got the 1 for the time being hopefully I will be adding another one in the future but I also want some new reels aswell very expensive hobby this fishing but worth every penny. 😁👍
Penn 525mag1 the original and best American made for the time being and once I've got some spare cash I will be getting myself some Penn fathoms mk2 mag.😁👍
My first proper session since starting back sea fishing, wasn't a good start I could only get frozen bait and the tide was racing through, so struggled to hold bottom but i managed 1 whiting and it was great to be back on the beach.
I'm getting an Ian gold super match tripod for my beach fishing, My old one broke when I last went about 4 weeks ago but it had been sat in my loft for quite a lot of years and had plenty of use in the past. 😁👍