heres my newest catfish/striped bass rig I purchased last year for fishing the colorado river and few other places here in Arizona for catfish and stripers. its a abu garcia ambassadeur 6000 reel spooled with 20 lbs trilene big game line on a 7 foot medium action Ugly stik lite. the rod I got at wally world on clearence for 15 bucks and the reel I nabbed off ebay for 30 bucks.