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I agree with a lot of what is said here, for some where conditions require, using Van Staals, Skinz, nice breathables, expensive lines and terminal tackle DO make a difference but its more the edge than the meat. You can do a lot on a budget with a Tica stick, a used 704, Big Game, and oilskins. Also keep in mind, a lot of people (me sometimes included) that have some of this fancier also have the basics or have migrated over time to get here. I bought a lot of my stuff pre-kid, so sure, I can have a couple Calcuttas, 4 6500s, a few decent pens and 12 rods, but I've purchased one new reel and one rod in the past year, one reel the year before and nothing the year before that. The two years beforfe my son was born I bought a LOT of stuff.
IMO, you need two basic outfits for 90% of your typical surf fishing, a light 7.5-8' stick and a smaller spinner for light jigs, swimmers, bombers, plastics and a 9' beefier stick with a decent capacity reel that throws comfortably between 1-3 and will pinch 4 ounces. You don't NEED braid, get a one pound spool of Big Game and reline every third trip.
But once you get what you need you can chip at the bigger stuff over time. I can't compete with a FishWeeWee or Sandman for gear - never gonna happen, but if you look in the mancaves of these guys, you will see or at least once would have seen the basics in there somewhere along the line...
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