At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!
Just to follow up on this - I ended up picking up a brand new Penn Surfmaster 70 off eBay. Paid a little bit of a premium for it (£80) but on all accounts it seems to get excellent feedback (and I was quite drunk when I bid on the auction )
Cheers for all the advice!
2011 Species: 191lb Common Skate, Mackerel, Pollock, Spotted Ray, Spurdog, Thornback Ray, Tub Gurnard