Originally Posted by
gavin310
If my experience is anything to learn from, don't buy anything nice when you're starting out surf fishing. Unless you know how to disassemble reels yourself to clean them, you'll ruin a few of them from sand. On the other hand, if you buy an expensive, sealed reel, maybe you won't have these problems. I'd go with the cheaper ones though. The Shimano Sienna is like $20 at Big 5 and it's a great reel. I caught halibut, perch, and bass on those reels no problem. The Sedona is great too.