Jacob,
This sounds an awful lot like the post I made about mid-December. Look it up, the fine folks here gave me alot of great advice. One tidbit Ill throw in here is about the reel. I went with the new Okuma large arbor for about $57. Been real satisfied with it, but then again Im not a fly only guy, and it sees very limited action. It did hold up very well though for big chum on the Nasty this year.
Good Luck
Dew
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