Kind of a fun question

[joedog]

OK, your given $300 but with stipulations.

You can purchase ONE fishing rod...or

ONE fishing reel.

No matter cost you get ONE or the other. Any money left is LOST!
You can buy either on sale or retail, you decide.
Can't find a good deal and get both and NO combo purchases.
Heck if you want you can buy line, stick jacket or reel cover, OK but that's all the room you get.
You rod builders have an exception rule...seeing your probably build your own rod if chosen, let us know what you would put together. This is a Rod YOU are going to fish with not sell.

Personally I'd take a custom spinning blank, Legend maybe a Loomis with Micro- wave first guide and titanium the rest. The rest is left to builder cause unless I find a deal the titanium guides alone are $50-$100 and the blanks are going to be probably over $200.

So what do you want SANTA MONKEY to bring you?