I have an 11'6inch noodle rod made by Browning and its one of the best rods I have ever owned I use a spinning reel on it that holds a hundred yards of 8 pund test line and use leaders two to six pound test. The whole idea to fishing with a noodle rod is to use small diameter leaders so the fish can't see them, but with the small diameter leader comes lower pound test so you want a limber rod, prefferably made of im6 graphite.