You guys are serious about this stuff. I get along fine with just stock stuff. I fish with a stick and 2 Lb Maxima a lot in the swamp. Best bait caster I own is a 5500. If you can cast that.....
The Orvis snobs laugh at my casting on the Ausable, Pere Marquette, and Manistee(back yard). I out fish them
I do have WAY to much money in "new" gear, but I can catch all the fish I want/need with just the basics.
Anybody need a lot of cool looking tackle?