7 foot ugly stik surf rod Carbon Spinning Fishing has gotten too pretty 7 ft 6 in MH

These will get you started and will catch you a few fish while you get used to the techniques involved in lure fishing

The rod also works great for fishing big creek chubs on snells in mid-summer/fall, as well as a large glide bait rod, rattle-bait rod in a pinch, or heavier slip bobber walleye rig

Horrock-Ibbotson Co

The transition from a mono butt of, say 9-feet, to a transition of maybe a foot or less of mono in lesser diameter and pound test, then a foot or more of tippet in fluorocarbon, which will be a slightly stronger than mono, nearer to the refraction of water, heavier than mono, but close in diameter [in this setup], complementing the unfurling of the fly line, leader, and fly