I would recommend a light versus an ultralight if you're only going with one rod. I own both those reels. And for the money I choose the Pflueger. I paid $15 more for the Diawa. Any run of the mill graphite rods will work in either of the lengths. If I was buying today it would be a Dobyns Colt series rod. This combo will probably hit $160 but it would be high quality. I don't own the rod but I sure do want to. Any line will work as long as it's Mr Crappie in Hi-vis yellow 4 or 6# test with a 1/32 jig head.
And welcome to the forum. Feel free to come join us on the Alabama board as well.
Chad
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