since i swam my last combo to the bottom of the indian ocean its time to start looking again, unfortunatly the budget will be short of amazing so i need you guys to get creative, (mainly on the rod)

 if you had $300 - $400 preferable $300 to spend on a rod, reel and braid for plastic fishing demersals up to 50m what would your choice be? i have almost locked in a 3000 - 4000 size stradic fj (still debatable) contemplating CI4, i have no rod and no real idea, to many to choose from (too much of the search function has me f#$@%ed). what would your choice be, i would like to run 20lb max braid prefer a challenge of 15lb.

i have searched these forums and all it does is confuse me. yes i am in contact with local tackle shops and site sponsors, just wanted the opinion of someone like me that can make the less then high end budget gear work for them. 

cheers lads and i know your all sick of these posts so my suggestion would be, let the site sponsors put up a sticky for ideal combos (all ranges) that would be updated from time to time, maybe remove the jurien sticky and the release wait sticky, iam sure iam way out of my depth here with the whole site updating thing so feel free to gently shut me down, just an idea.

cheers in advance for your comments guys and be nice

gillyL