Improving my gear

[Bradk]

G'day,
I'm over on the east coast and my bream gear is as follows:- Okuma GR30 reel, Silstar SPXL 601 powertip rod and 3kg mono.
Thing is, I attended a bream seminar at a local tackle shop recently and am now keen to get serious catching bream on lures. I've had limited success on SPs (due to trial and error) and am starting to use Hardbody lures with some success. I know it's a matter of persistence but if I upgrade my gear will I get better results. What should I upgrade first ? I like the sounds of the Shakespeare Synergy graphite rod (I think it sounds like $60) as other graphite rods start about $110. Should this be where I start.

P.S. Haven't caught a bream on a hardbody yet (one outing) but the lure was hit 3 times by bream, sure makes ya enthusiastic.

Brad

[corey]

While not a bad rod my synergy gets worse and worse every tine I use my loomis....
Try the steve starling range.
the cheapest and most effective upgrade is 4pd fireline.
Try to avoid buying somthing you will want to upgrade again soon after....
HTH
Corey

[Bear]

Small steps as you can afford it.

Line (try fireline and you will notice the difference )

Rod and reel (The only thing I would say here is that a rod will feel very different once you get your reel )

From here move on to different lures, different types of leader and all the time refining your technique.

Lots of good times ahead as you can see from the guys on this site.

ONE THING TO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE TO DROP A POST HERE IF YOU WANT SOME OTHER OPINIONS.

Above all, have fun and enjoy your fishing.

[beefaman]

Fireline would be the first step of many.....then maybe a decent reel....then onto a rod....then some plastics......some hard bodies.....some jigheads.....some scent.....a boat........agghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......no wonder I am broke.