Agreed, Willerman.
Another inexpensive option for float setups is the Okuma Connoisseur with a Michigan handle. In fact, since sensitivity and such is really not important for float fishing, mostly length, that rod is still my preferred float setup as the handle style puts the reel toward the butt, like a fly rod, granting extra length with the balance shifted downward; I love that. And I need to keep suggesting it, so other people buy them and they don't get discontinued, LOL
https://www.okumafishing.com/en/prod...sseur-rod.html
D: Michigan handle, 10 feet, medium light
They go for $40-$45 for the rod alone and make a great float-fishing rod, leaving the other half of that $200 for a 8-6"/9-0" hardware or drift rod (which I recommend).
The OP choice for a Sedona reel is fine as well. Celilos are a decent choice; I have a couple from my early steelhead days, kept as backups now.
Tanner's a good guy, and I like the fact he can admit that an Ugly Stick and Sedona are fine to start with...he must not be sponsored by anyone to have him say go with a Stradic and Edge rod, LOL
While going with Tanner for a trip is a great idea, I also think when on a limited budget, a person might feel like they get more mileage by buying some moderately priced gear instead, so they can get a bunch more fishing trips with that money; though likely much fewer fish in the beginning, for sure.
Another problem in the beginning, is no matter how many fish caught with a guide, it still often remains a mystery to the recently initiated, why/how those fish were in those spots, how they were really caught. Although it took many months to catch my first steelhead on my own, I think it was best that I scoured sites like this and others, read a couple books, hit the rivers often, and figured a bunch of it out while hiking the banks. Now when I go with Tanner, I know why/how the fish were in those lies.