>>2068189>Would you mind elaborating on the why of your choices just to provide better perspective when making my choice?I think that the QX36 represents a great value for dollar fishing rod, it's a fairly nice graphite rod for not a lot of money. It's a rod that you'll like to use, but that won't break your heart and wallet if you break it after a couple good outings. For morons and children, I suggest fiberglass rods, but I figure most adults are going to be conscientious enough to not have any major issues moving straight up to graphite.
The Shimano Catana reel has a nice consistent drag (the number 1 feature I look for in a reel), but is still affordable enough to not give a beginner sticker shock. It's not as light or as smooth in retrieve/antireverse as a more expensive reel, but it's a good reel that I trust to help me keep fish on the line, and it's cheap enough that if I wreck it, I'm not going to lose my cool.
I have two of these combos (one 6'6" medium/3000 reel, one 5'6" light/1000 rod) that I use to go fishing in the BWCA, for these reasons. If they fall on rocks or they get smacked around in the bottom of the canoe, I don't feel as bad as I would with my nice rods, but they're still good enough that I'm not worried about them loosing nice northerns or lakers.
>>2068203>Was looking at reviews for the above mentioned qx36 rod and seems like quality control is an issue with that line? Perhaps just for telescoping versions etc?If you can find reviews that are model specific, that would help you determine that. I don't trust any telescoping rod, mine are QX36S562L and QX36S662M, two piece rods.
