Ok, so I am looking for a rod that is 8-10 ft long with a heavier action and a fast taper for vertical jigging for crappie around cover. I was searching out my options in crappie specific rods and only found a couple of options. They were both around $100 and I just think that's too much for a foreign produced rod. (Maybe I'm a tightwad but just my feelings.) Soooo, I got to searching for a baitcast rod in these lengths and kept coming back to Salmon/Steelhead type rods. All that I've seen are 2 pc rods and are much more reasonable priced (~$30-$60) while still being high mod. graphite rather than glass. They also don't look like a surf rod so it won't weigh 10 lb. Seems like it would fit my purpose well if it is sensitive enough.

My question to you all is if someone else has gone down this road before me. Anyone out there in the wide world of crappie tried one of these? I'm from OK and that's a LOOONNNNGGGGG way from steelhead country so I've never seen a rod of this type up close.

Thanks for your time.