Just offering my two cents here. I recently decided to add a new baitcasting combo, and ended up going with the 10 foot, 8-15 fish eagle II, on sale for $40. Even at the regular price of $80, the feel of the rod will surprise you. Not blow you away, but surprise you.

The medium feels just right swinging a 2/5 ounce spoon. The rod loads nicely on the cast, too.

And I picked up a Curado at an online sale price of $155.

If you decide $200 is your limit, I am not sure you could do much better than that combo.

And at only $40 for the rod, why not? At worst, it is a decent rod. If you can't find a use for it down the road (guest rod? back-up?), you can probably throw it on here and get your $40 back in a couple days).