For that budget you will get a decent set up. The Trini is a nice enough reel but only rated 11kg max drag. For the same money you could pick up a sweet little BX500N or Everol jigger. Rods, go for 250g. JM terminator or JM Ocean Devil offer good value for money. Check out the Sponsors on this forum (De Coro, YeeHaa, Go Fish) they will see you right!

accurate bx400xn with JM ocean devil/ jigstar 250g with pe4 braid. light set that has plenty of balls and lots of fun. or go the bx500xn if you want to go pe5
managed kings to 19kg without issue with similar set up for under $1000

ChrisW wrote: Take a close look at the new Jig Star Ninja L rod.  It is perfect for that jig range and is a top shelf performer for modest price $440.

ChrisW wrote: Take a close look at the new Jig Star Ninja L rod.  It is perfect for that jig range and is a top shelf performer for modest price $440.

tthe accurate reels are pretty bulletproof and twin drag and nice and light. jigging is pretty hard on the reel so best to buy once and be happy. I wouldn't skimp on any part as its usually the weakest link that fails

Obsessed wrote: Thanks for the comments guys, will do a bit of investigation into jigstar and jm rods i think. Am i correct in thinking that a good rod paired with a capable reel is better than a good reel and a not so flash rod? I am a bit of a shimano man, mainly due to the H&F shop, however it seems from similar threads to this that other brands have it over them for value for money when it comes to jigging reels?

 Not true, Shimano Ocea Jiggers and trini 40n etc are fantastic reels and have been proven time and time again, down side to them is they are a large reel best suited to 350g and up and the smaller models are not brought in to NZ and reserved for the Japanese market only unfortunately. Dual drag is not essential as long as its a star drag but in a lever drag reel its required in the heavier setups say 300g and above, mainly because a single drag set up suffers more seriously from bearing bind, this is just the nature of a lever drag over a star.

 Jigging is a trendy style sport, its doesn't take long to look through this forum over a period of the last 4 years to see people recommending 1 brand now have caught big fish on others as well. TBH it's not the one off catches you should look at but more the continued use of them. most damage to the higher end reels comes more from the action  of jigging rather than destruction on a fish.