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You can get a Pfleuger medalist 1498 for $26 or the rim control model 1598 model for $43. If they are good enough for the likes of Lefty or Bondereau they are good enough for anyone. Based on Motor Fish's admitted lack of salt experience and desire to "not break the bank" I think either one will do fine. Most of the stripers we catch are schoolies and can be handled with a rim control drag and your palm. Other stuff you're likely to catch such as Hickory Shad and Bluefish up to about 10 pounds also can be handled the same way. Also, Ebay is a good place to find all that Orvis gear cheap that people have bought and spent alot of money on and never used. My point is that a lot of people get discouraged by the supposed complexity of the sport and give it up before they ever experience it. Also, I can honestly say after over 40 years fishing in the salt I have not lost any fish because of a drag on my reel. Most of the big fish I have lost were due to one boneheaded thing or another that I did fighting the fish or a bad knot. A few times I lost a good fish because I forgot to set my drag at all at the beginning of a session and a few times I had it cranked down too tight to pull off a snag and forgot to reset it. In these cases it wasn't the reel's fault.
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