Hello mate.
What plugs are you planning on using or are you planning on using tobys and wedges?
If you are thinking about bass lures which are typically between 10-20g then I would go for a rod thats designed for plugging. You want a short stiff rod thats rated for 10-50g.
Heres a few ideas:
Bushwacker
These are pike plugging rods but loads of UK Bass pluggers are using them. Cheap and good quality.
Quantum
These are slightly more expensive but suposedly very good quality. Comparible to some of the £200+ rods. The castign weight onthem is suposed to be way below stated and are suitable for typical Bass plugs.
Sakura Shukan
The site is french but you can get them
here although they are not listed on the site. £130 but were £250 six months agao. Just ordered one of these myself, supposed to be the bizness.
From here you can spend £350 plus on a Tenryu but these are serious rods and you would have to know you definately wanted to go this way before spending that amount of cash.
Another thing I would say is if you are going to be lure fishing with the lighter Bass plugs I would suggest a fixed spool. you want to be using braid for the best response and feedback from the plugs and a fixed spool is much easier and reliable to use with braid. You don't have to spend hundreds to get a decent reel. I've got a
Shimano Exage that you can find for around £50 and its a cracking reel. Go for a 3000 or 4000 size.
For braid I have been using
Power Pro and have had no problems with windknots or anything else. It definately makes a huge difference using this as aposed to mono, much more feedback and you can put much more life into your lures with twitches and flicks.
If you are going to be using heavier lures then what has been suggested to you sounds fine, but if you are going for the lighter Bass specialised lures then you may struggle. Good luck with whatever you go for.
