FisherMike,

I am just like you (I think alot of us on here are). We look long and hard to find exactly what we want. When we finally find it, we buy one..... then we wish we bought three....
Rods that is... There are tons of sites out there and millions of blanks, one can get confussed.... Here is my simplified way to explain blanks the best way I can.

Length.... We all get that
Pieces..... One, two (three or four when dealing with fly rods)
Type.... Casting, spinning

Weight.... Ultra light, Light, Medium, Heavy, and then you get into ocean stuff
Action...... Slow, Moderate, Moderate fast, Fast, Extra Fast

We all know weight as we have several rods in Ultra Light, and light and even medium weight.
Action Simplified..... Slow= Rod will bend from the tip down through the handle
Moderate= Rod will bend from the tip to the middle
Fast= rod will bend the top 1/3
Extra Fast= Rod tip will barely move

Go to a site like mudhole.com and look at their blanks. You will see the information provided above. Alot of sights also give weight reccomendations for lures to use and line weight per blank.

Based on what you said you wanted, I would guess an Ultra-light Fast action, or a Light Fast to pitch that size jig.
Most of these sites will put together a package for you based on what you select. Cabelas has great packages too rod, eyes and handle.
If you decide to do it, buy a package from getbitoutdoors. They sell a hand turner and everything else you need. I do reccomend a Batson electic rod dryer (about 45 bucks). It will make your life easier when you epoxy your first rod.

Capt Kevin from Getbit is great and will email or call you to answer any questions. I ask him reccomendations all the time. This man actually called me on the phone after I placed and order to thank me and to also make a reccomendation on thread sizes. A company like that is one worth going back to.

I hope this helps you out. It is fun to do and really nice to look at when you are done. Trust me, you make one and you will be searching for people to build more for!

Don, you can get 10 to 16 foot spider rig blanks too!!! In case you were wondering