The rod arrived today. Daiwa Presso ST 53XUL-4. I fished the rod in my pond a little bit in between rain showers. Ended up catching around a dozen fish. First cast gave me a 6 inch yellow perch, a couple more cast and it started raining. After supper it stopped raining, I went back for about a half hour. Caught blue gill/sunfish, I hooked an apx 10 in LMB but it came off on a jump a couple feet from the bank.
Pretty sure this rod is exactly what I was looking for in a travel rod, it has good sensitivity, and is light weight. The only disappointment so far is the travel case it came with. It's just light weight nylon pouch with no padding, it doesn't even separate slots for the different sections.