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Hi, Thought I would add to the comments, I just tried out a new combo I purchased back in April and I am very impressed with it. It is a Lews  speed spin SGH 300 with matching rod,  sgh3066m, meaning,  6 foot 6 medium action. I used 10 lb test Berkley mono line on the reel. I also tried oput another new reel I purchased about the same time, this one being a Mitchell Avocet RZ 2000r on an older Algonquin Powerlite 7 foot rod. This reel worked perfect as did the rod. The Mitchell has 8 lb Berkley mono and landed the 4 lb walleye with ease into my canoe. So, The combo I paid $80.00, and the Mitchell reel alone was about $35.00. I have also purchased a new Abu Garcia Ambassadeur  6500 but have not yet used this reel. Whatever you choose, use the life out of it, then go get another one, cause there is nothing better than fishing, .......well.....maybe looking for new tackle !!!!!

Your friend, Trevor Calhoun.  

Hi all, Big T555, looks like you have received a fair bit of advice and some ideas here as I do when I have questions but usually don't post, I  just go looking for the answers. It seems to me Big T, that your best and probably first place to start, would have been your father and the friends that he fishes with as they have a lifetime of knowledge to delve into and learn from.  And as you do this ask them if its okay to take notes. Its a good place to start. A few years ago I ordered a set of reference guides from Algonquin Provincial Park which are loaded with information on the fish species, their habitats, what they eat, and how to catch them and where. Mind you it is park specific but I don't think that the brown trout or the lake trout or for that matter the Petawawa River muskie know whether they are in the park or the Kawartha highlands so the information therein can be used most anywhere in central Ontario or parts south. The set of guides are found in the parks website under friends of Algonquin Park, go to the index, left hand side, click on store and then click on Park Nature books, Then choose set # 2 Fishing, 3 books and a canoe guide to the park. Hope it helps a little. My best experience and lessons came from my father who is in his middle eighties, blind and having trouble remembering all our times together fishing. Kills me, but at the very least I can still tell him how much fun we had together.

                                Your friend, Trevor Calhoun.