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For sale: two spinning rods and a reel. Zander attack ng 270 2.7m, 7-28g, and shadow 240, 2.4m, 3-15g. Bought used a year ago, but never went fishing. Decathlon caperlan ilicium-50 4000 reel, blue braid from Decathlon. Used at sea, then brought here - and it's been lying around unused. Spinning rods 6k for the pair, reel 5k.