Last summer I purchased one of the Tica 10' conventional rods. Recently I decided to purchase a reel specifically for the rod since I have simply been switching reels around from other rods up until now whenever I used the rod.
I decided on one of the new Garcia 6600C5 Mag-X reels. Describing this reel in one word would be "smooth". This seems to be a super combo, and best of all, it doesn't break the bank!
If you are in the market for a conventional setup that will allow you to go up against some of the big boys occassionally, you could do much worse than this Tica/C5 rig.
I decided on one of the new Garcia 6600C5 Mag-X reels. Describing this reel in one word would be "smooth". This seems to be a super combo, and best of all, it doesn't break the bank!
If you are in the market for a conventional setup that will allow you to go up against some of the big boys occassionally, you could do much worse than this Tica/C5 rig.