Gander mountain worked for me when I set my outfit up. I went with the bnm West Point poles at29.99 a piece for 12' poles. I've been 4 times with em, and really liked em. There is a lot of options out there but these will get you started. Falcon Smitty turned me on to them and he does some guiding so his get used at lot. Spinning reels are a whole nut her smoke.lol there are so many options. I chose to go simple with a rhino close face being I fish with kids a lot.have not tried fishing corks yet only tight lining when I rig.