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Is this some amerishit take? In Yurope I'd say:

Beginner? Get a spinning reel, not a baitcaster. Daiwa or Shimano mogs all other reels. Spending 50 EUR on a low end Shimano will get you a better reel than some off-brand chinkshit in a starter kit.

Get a rod without a trigger grip - trigger grips go with baitcasters, not spinning reels. Look at the rod to see the lure weights. Now here's your decision point:

Will you fish in the sea or in lakes/rivers?
If only lakes, you can go for "lighter" equipment: 5-20 g lures and a rod rated similarly, reels whose numbers start with 2 ("Daiwa Fagmaster 2000", "Shimano Cockfisher 200", etc).

If you will fish from shore in the sea, step up to 15-40 gram lures + rods, and reels whose numbers start with 3-4. You can also use this in lakes but you'll have a hard time casting really light baits for smaller fish like small perch.

Lures, bitches.
Lakes and light gear? Get a pair of spinners, a pair of small spoons, and an assorted box of grub jigs + heads. Colors - get 1 metallic like silver for bright days, copper for dusk, and a neon/garish color for murky water.

Lakes and heavier gear? Still get spoons and spinners, but heavier. If you can afford a minnow, get a rapala or something. I'll freely admit that minnows is a fucking jungle, back in my day we had a rapala and we liked it. These are mostly for pike or other large predators.

Sea? Spoons, casting jigs, and more spoons. Heavy stockier spoons for deep water, casting jigs for deep and shallow alike, slim spoons for surface fishing for pelagics. Copper, holographic silver/blue/green, and a garish color is fine.

Line? I don't know, I take a braided line and go as thin as I dare, like breaking strength 10 kg in the sea.

t. a fucking casual who catches a fish every now and then on his low-end shimano gear with a bunch of cheap casting jigs.

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