we travel alot for work and fish everywhere we go. On this trip we can only take one rod and reel each we have about 20 each but we never know where we will endup so im thinking of a good rig that will do things ok in most situations from the bank in rivers,ponds,and lakes from the bank. Hers will be a shimano 2500 solstace on 8' ugly stik m 8-20lb and me a 3000 stradic on a 8 1/2 ft ugly stik m 8-20lb .we will be in the ne from late june till nov.Any advice will help thanks.