If you're serious, the best answer I can give you is this....and it's not a really good one. It all really depends on WHAT you're fishing for, and WHERE you're doing the fishing. The same rod and line you would use for Muskie fishing, would never work for Small Mouth Bass. You can probably get some good answers out of this group, if you post this in the sport section, and you get specific about what you want to fish for.