Fishing Rod and Reel for a Beginner?

It all depends on what technique. For your budget, I could give you a setup that you could buy 2 rods with.

The reason the Ugly Stik is recommended to beginners is because most beginners just fish with worms/powerbait/etc., and no sensitivity is needed, but something a new person can't break is a good trait. It's also dirt cheap, so if someone tries fishing and doesn't enjoy it, they aren't out a lot of money.

Here's a real simple breakdown of fishing rods and actions.

Rods have 3 measurements: length, power and action.

The length is self-explanatory, it's how long the rod is...... The longer the rod, the longer (generally) you can cast, but with less accuracy. Fishing a small stream from shore, use a shorter rod. Fishing a big lake from a boat, use a longer rod.

The heavier the power, the stiffer the rod for casting heavier lures/baits. Most rods will have the ideal lure weights printed on them near the handle...Match what lures you are throwing to the rod. I've thrown a 1/2oz lure on an ultralight rod...you feel like it's going to break. I've thrown a 1/10oz lure on a medium-heavy rod...you can't feel the lure on the rod and casting distance suffers.

The action is a little less intuitive until you know what it means. There's slow, medium and fast actions. A fast action means the rod bends mostly at the top 1/3. A medium action bends down into the middle 1/3. And a slow action bends all the way down to the handle basically. A fast action will be a bit more sensitive, and all my rods are fast action.

What I'd recommend, is to find a couple good rods and good reels. Get a 6'-6'6" medium-light or light action spinning rod (it will be the easiest to learn to cast well) and put a good 6-8lb line on it. Then get a 6'6"-7'6 medium to medium heavy rod and use a bit stronger line. This will give you a good rod to throw light lures (down to about 1/16oz) with and still have the length/power to fight bigger fish, and it will give you a good rod to throw heavier lures (up to 3/4oz). I'd probably stick to light and medium.

You can get a good St. Croix rod for about $80 (their entry level, but still lightyears better than an Ugly Stik, but not quite aa $400 G. Loomis level) and a Shimano spinning reel for $60.

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as Dan above says, I think an idea would be to go in and try them out, some telescopic rods are pretty nasty and even a tiddler can snap some of the worst. You might want to see about getting a rod that goes in to a few pieces for carrying about rather than a telescopic one. Any angling shop would be happy for you to try and cast either inside or outside the shop and knowing how it feels makes a difference to make sure it is not too long or short. you can buy a full kit for about £50 but normally the hooks and line provided is not great and quite often cheaper going in to the angling centre to buy everything separately, so you get what you need and not a lot of stuff you will never use. You could get a combi set normal beginners one are the ugly stick range, or grauvel range, all under £100 and they are pretty decent for starting out with. Hope you have a lovely honeymoon and a brilliant time fishing.

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Fishing Rod and Reel for a Beginner?

I am new to the whole fishing game and could really use some advise on what type of rod and reel I should be getting. I literally don't know which brands I should look for and what any type of actions or lengths of rods mean for the type of fish I'm trying to catch.

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I would go with a Ugly Stick, Shakespear combo. Which will only run you about $30 and you can get a Wal-Mart, very sensitive rod and reasonably dependable reel with good casting. Great for beginners.

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