Keep this between us, but I used my cheap beginners rod for over a decade and caught loads (in fact, I only really retired it this year!) Quite honestly, for most of the likely fishing scenarios starting out, I would recommend looking at just two outfits: a heavier lure rod for casting larger lures for species such as pike, zander, or bass, and a light rod for lighter lures for smaller species such as perch, chub, or trout, in freshwater, or gobies, blennies, rockling, or sea scorpions, in the salt
This 36-piece box has a wide variety of basic wet and dry flies, with relatively high reviews
A 14-foot rod can help you cast a lot farther and deeper into the water even if you are beach fishing
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