thanks for all the good info guys, i am kinda on information overload! Anyways, couple more questions before i start accumulating some gear little by little....

spinning reels with add on counters, or line counter reels preferred?
if line counting reels, are they switchable side to side as most i see are right hand crank and i crank left hand.

on the tru-trip 40's, what color? probably only get 1 or 2 to start out with

i may try to run a diver without a board first just to get the hang of things, or will this just frustrate me?

also with reef runners, they dive themselves so no need for a diver with these correct? however you can still run them off boards?

once again thanks for the info guys