ebay st croix spinning rods St. Triumph Travel Rod, 6'6" (Tsr66Mhf4) : Sports & Outdoors Vintage Shimano AX 300Q Color:Hot Mudbug the Premier series now Style__Swimbait

ebay st croix spinning rods St. Triumph Travel Rod, 6'6" (Tsr66Mhf4) : Sports & Outdoors Vintage Shimano AX 300Q Color:Hot Mudbug the Premier series now Style__Swimbait

Vintage Shimano AX 300Q Graphite R2 Spool Spinning Reel | eBay

If you are just plinking a PVA bag in the margins or a short 20yrd cast, you'd probably be fine with 1¼ to 1¾lb (depending how much bait you expect to cram into the bag - certainly no more than 2lb TC or you'll lose the joy of the 'feel' you mention, esp on the 'teens and below #19 I’ve got a couple of Nash Scope abbreviated 10ft rods and I really like them

Style__Swimbait

Color:Hot Mudbug

Models: SRG5000SWAXG, SRG6000SWAHG, SRG8000SWAHG, SRG10000SWAPG, SRG14000SWAXG, SRG18000SWAHG,SRG20000SWAPG,SRG25000SWA

the Premier series now ofers smoother actions