TBJ

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

That is a nice budget for a rod and reel. You have loads of high end options. How do you treat your gear? I am asking this cause I have found that the very low resin rods, while stunning to use, break very easily and if you are packing your way around I know I am not careful enough to not break one. In saying that my friends are not as clumsy as I am...

Yeah I'm very careful with my gear and would mostly be carrying it in a case.

So I've recently been trout fishing a few times, and I liked it, very different from the Saltwater fishing I'm used to, I'll use lures/soft plastics, It'll be mostly high country Victoria and Tasmania so a two piece is prefered, I was thinking maybe a good lightweight rod/reel would let me hike around the high country with it, although I'll probably drive most of the time. what do you guys suggest, a budget for the rod and reel is around the $1-1.2k mark I think, but depends on what you guys suggest.