I have bought a 50 buck special from burnsco rod reel and spooled with line a while back as a "kids rod" after I near shit myself when a boy I took out nearly lost my 500 buck plus jigging setup over the side when he hooked two big ol donky kahawai simultaneously.
After its first trip I took the rubber band off and I doubled its value with a spool of 20p rainbow braid instead, so far it has landed many snapper and gurnard and sharks including my sons PB snap that had him railed for a bit.
new cheap gear is pretty good.....might not last so well tho.
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