I have eight each of the daiwa dxw planer board rods and the Fenwick Eagle Planer board rods. They are both telescoping and are 8 ft. Both are great rods. My reels are all Abu Garcia. I have eight of the 6500 Ambassador linecounters. 6 of the Abu Alphamar line counters. I also have six of each with digital line counters with lights on them but all the digitals are prototypes. You can definitely get away with cheaper set ups but walleye fishing is my passion. I use Berkley Pro Spec Chrome for my mono reels in 12lb. Others have 20lb Smoke Fireline. Sent from my XT1565 using Lake Ontario United mobile app