Shimano Catana 1000 FA (Front Drag) Reel, with spare spool! retails around £25.
Shimano Alivio 5ft-6in Ultra Light Rod Rated for Lures 1-11g, Retails around £25.
150 yards of 10lb Power Pro Braid (I use Green) Retails for about £10
I also use 6lb Mono line as backing and make my own traces with 12-15lb wire with small snaps and swivels to connect it all to my line.
Overall Setup cost of about £60, which is pretty reasonable. Ive had this setup for about 6 Months now and have had Pike to 9 lbs on it, which it coped with fine. As long as the drags set correctly then it can cope OK with the odd bigger fish!
I have 3 one-piece Fladen UL rods that I purchased after Fladen discontinued the manufacture of them, they are perfect for canals at just 4ft 6in in length and only cost me something like £10 or £12 each. Because they are one-piece they are like an extention of your arm and allow you to cast accurately in the tightest of spots. Personally I believe that it is more important to spend a little more on the reel than you do on the rod, because the reel is worked hard during lure fishing, so I have paired the 3 Fladen rods up with 3 small 1000FD fixed spool reels that cost me around £40 each. I also use the Power Pro braid and my lures of choice are 1" and 2" Relax Kopyto soft plastics which are perfect for canal use.
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