I'm a saltie, but my advice works the same for fresh or salt water.
Don't buy a THING until you've done some research - and not the kind of research and information obtained solely from asking the [acronym:65a4651894="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:65a4651894]. I guarantee you'll waste money on either something you don't need or things that you should've bought another kind of something the first time - of course after you use it and can't return it.
