It's not unusual for me to read reviews of a fly rod, even the ones written by people I respect, and wonder if we've been fishing...
You get six premium topwater plugs plus a soft case - a $100 value
7-foot, 6-inch heavy-power baitcaster combo (extra-fast action) Main purpose: Flipping, pitching, punching, frog rod and swimbaits 6-foot, 9-inch medium-power baitcaster combo (extra-fast action) Main purpose: topwaters and jerkbaits 7-foot medium-power baitcaster combo (moderate action) Main purpose: crankbaits 7-foot medium-heavy power baitcaster combo (mod-fast to fast action) Main purpose: texas-rigs and jigs 7-foot medium-heavy power baitcaster combo (moderate action) Main purpose: spinnerbaits, vibrating and swimming jigs 6-foot, 9-inch medium power spinning combo (moderate to mod-fast action) Main purpose: shaky heads, drop shots, lightweight plastics or light jerkbaits and topwaters You can do a lot of bass fishing with various patterns, in many weather conditions, seasons, types of fisheries and situations with these six combos
You should constantly be changing
Start with a fly rod, reel, fly line, leaders, tippet, flies, nippers, forceps, and a fly box