Either bow is a good choice. That's going to be up to you what you want to shoot. Personally, I like recurves, but it's what ever you want to shoot.

Retrievers vs spincasts....there's a week-long discussion there. I have both, and I like both. Again, it's up to you. A reel-seat from Sully's and a Muzzy reel is going to cost less than a Retriever. But if you forget to push that button a few tmes, that spincast isn't going to last long, and you'll be buying another one. If I were to tell you what to get, I'd say geta spincast and the reel-seat. It's up to you tho.