What's more important, a good rod or a good reel?

[Kung Fugu]

If you were going to choose to invest a little bit more in one than the other, what would you do?

[Scraglor]

I would go the reel. More importantly, a reel with good quality drag.

[adamk]

both play equal parts imo both can let you down, thats why if you look in the rod an reel section people trying to find a balance.
but all depends on what your likely targeting or may encounter. i bought a 14 ft 6 penn 15kg rod atm has a hyperloop 6000 6kg drag on it crap reel till next week i went that way because i doubted i would need a bigger reel atm for where i'm fishing, but both can be played with drag wise, or snap a rod due to too much drag on a heavy reel with lite rod if you make that mistake.

its your choice, scraglor is right too, but you need to provide more info.

[DougieK]

Balance your outfit to your needs. There is no correct answer to that question

[BIG GAV]

I'd prefer a good reel on a crap rod opposed to a crap reel on a good rod anyway but yeah both do play equal parts

[ducky]

I'd prefer a balanced quality outfit. Rather then an expensive reel on a cheap rod or vice versa is much prefer a moderate cost rod with a moderate cost reel.

[TackleNut]

Just like what most of the others said, its a balance between the 2.
that's why a lot of people have caught good fish on some cheap but balanced outfits instead of using a heavy tuna rod with a tiny 1000 size reel

[Larksy88]

i would much rather spend say 300 on a good combo then 250 on a rod and 50 on a reel

[Kung Fugu]

Sounds like getting the balance right is the most important part. I'm considering getting a second reel for a rod I have and I wondered if I should just get a combo instead or buy a decent reel and match it to a better rod later. I don't want to spend a lot right now. Guess I'll just have a look in the shop and see what my options are.

[BIG GAV]

What rod have u got?