Some questions are hard to answer with the info given in the question. You asked about Bass rod size. Where are you fishing open water, light weeds, heavy weeds, brush piles, deep water streams , on and on and on. So I could not answer without writing a book on rods Sorry Phil

Try being specific, most of us less prolific writers with limited computor time at work usually can answer in a setence ot two. This is a long answer for me....

One Shot One Kill Striper Phil