Wakina,
For your information I sent the guy a private message on where to get the best price on reels. I just did not post that bc they are not sponsors of the site. I am just trying to help the guy. I was not trying to be abrasive. My opinion is that if you want to troll on erie you are going to burn some fuel. So budget your trips and go one or two less times and that can cover the majority or all the cost of the reels. I have bought many things that I find that I wasted money on after a few years when if I would have just spent a little more money upfront, it would have cost less. Example, cheap trolling bags for 60 bucks. Then spending 100 more on amish bags a few years later which have lasted 6 times as long as my cheap bags. So 160 total or 100 upfront. Just saying its expensive why not make your purchase worth while??