the price range you mention seriously limits your options. senators are horrible for casting as a side note and the rods under that name are mediocre and heavy at best. also i can assure you that whatever reel you were looking at it is not the one to which i refered. try looking around this site as all specs will be current and i can assure the quality of the gear purchased. as you seem aware ebay is no place to do research and i might suggest that buying rods and reels off ebay is very risky as you have no idea what kind of abuse they may have been subject to at best
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