A friend recently bought his son a new casting rod and reel. They had a deal. If the kid kept his grades good- with no bad reports this would be an incentive to keep it up. He stopped by last night to show it to me. Fenwick HMG casting rod and ABU BLACK MAX reel. The first thing he said was "well it's not really that good, I hope it will work". WHAT!!? I made a few cast in the yard with this outfit. I could fish it all day long. To prove a point, I showed him the rig I started on ABU red 5000 reel and a fiberglass Heddon casting rod. Heavy, slow, and not very sensitive either. I see this in the threads I read here. Lots of beginners are way to worried about brand name in tackle, or how much it cost. As many of us know, you can have the very best, but it won't catch any fish in the wrong location. I'm in no way knocking the high end tackle, it is better in many ways.Heres my take on it: take your tackle, regardless of brand, cost etc and fish as much as you can. Put in some time to learn about fish location, seasonal patterns and related info first. Your tackle will work just fine. Like old timers used to say here in Missouri," you can't catch em where there ain't none". That's a fact.
