As said many times, that the fish don't know what gear you've got. As long as you feel comfortable fishing with what you've got, who's to say this or that's the best set up. To be honest, i'm one of those who think you only get what you pay for so i bought a sonik sk4, greys apollo extreme 140, a slosh 30 and daiwa 7ht mag. I'm very happy using them, but i would be a lot happier if i could bag a cod. After being a very keen newby over the last 9/10 month, i'm getting a little bit bored of only catching yt's and the odd flatty.