I use an 11'6" 4-10lb St. Croix Wild River series rod and love it for jigging. It is $140 http://www.stcroixrods.com/stcroix/products/rods/wild_river.html

I use a shimano sedona 2000 spinning reel. My mainline is 10lb fireline and I use Ande for my leaders.

Personally I would not use anything shorter than 10ft for jigging. I would stay away from the Browning rods. I have broke my 10'6" browning twice and now it stays in the rack at home. Also I am not happy with the 10'6" Shimano Convergence. I started with a 10ft silstar and it was a very good rod. I believe it was around $50.

Good Luck. You will enjoy jig fishing.