Jack of all trades, king of none unfortunately. Jigging rods arent really the best for casting, and hard to work plastics due to the long butts on them IMO. Some rods (e.g. majorcraft, or eupro twincraft) are a bit more all rounders but not as nice for jigging. Probably better off getting two rods in that case.

Though that being said my PE2 xzoga did fling a popper well in a pinch.

Theres a lot of fancy rods you'd be able to get in that budget. Still, those HR jigforces are good value and great rods :D. Based on jig weight you'd want a PE2 or PE3 rod.

Reels, personally i'd get a certate, branzino or stella. Depending on how heavy you want the reel to be a stella 4000 or 5000SW could work (fairly different reels, and big difference in weight).

$1500 bux!! no dramas mate! get a stella to start with!! i got mine at campbells, but i'm sure some of the site sponsors will price match.

With the rod, its each to their own, with more brands and types and sizes than you can poke a stick at. just gotta find the right one for you.

I personally have alutecnos blue jigging rods, and they are AWESOME, but they're bigger/heavier than what you want, and they suit my style. not too sure they're still available over here anymore either. 

You could go the eupro salty fighter pe1-2 and a Daiwa 2500-3k? You would then have change for another entire outfit!

For that sort of budget I would be looking at one reel and 2 rods for sure.

What about going for the Saltiga 3500 reel and the Game 68S-3, would fit your budget nicely. Only rated to 120g jigs but a great action and well suited to casting and SP's.

Stella 4000SW PG.

Seaquest I have a HR Jigforce is pe 1.5/3 and rated for jigs up to 120 g. I have put a Stella 5000 sw on it and it matches sweet.

I have however just bought a Catalina 59s, it is pe 4 and rated for jigs up to 180 g, it will easy accomodate 250 g. Now for the reel to suit that................

all i can suggest Brendan is you use a few diff setups to find out what you like .. and by that i mean take me fishing and you can trial i few of mine :)  .. for my lighter set up i use the certate hyper 4000 and a twincraft rod .. well under the $1000 mark . i also got a shimano raider rod a bit longer to cast my light poppers and bigger sp's for up exxy .. works a treat mate

Mine too, I don't mind a drive =)

I've probably got more jigging outfits than you two combined, lol.

Thanks for the advice guys. I thought it might be a bit of a stretch to get one combo for a few different purposes. I mainly want it for jigging so maybe I should buy one good reel and rod for that and another rod for casting and SP's.

Clint be in busso on Saturday I might drop in for a quick chat.

Has anyone used a twinpower sw pg. I see they are a lot cheaper than the stella sw pg and the specs aren't that different as far as I can see.

Cheers

Brendan

I have the 8000sw PG twinpower but haven't given it a work out yet. Thats no help I know. Feels real good in the hand but it is a bit large.

Cheers

Mullows

Hey Brendan,
I've got the Twinpower 5000SW (not PG) and rate it very highly and have knocked off some nice fish on it. I also use it for jigging and I don't reckon the higher speed is an issue for the shallower demersal jigging. I originally got it as my SP reel but it seems to get used for both jigging and SP more and more.
Save yourself the $$$ and get this instead of the Stella, then get 2 rods and maybe a 2nd spool if you really need.

I agree. With that budget, you can get a few different combinations.

I know a few blokes that use the Twinpower. They are very good reels & significantly cheaper than the Stella (well not locally I don't beleive).