I’m going to defer to the more experienced on this one, lack of experience. I’m kinda spoiled and lucky in that mudhole is a 20 minute drive and I can handle before I buy. IMHO, an ultralight production rod that isn’t built on the spine will feel different than the same rod built with lightweight components and on the spine. The 4 weight that I built would make a nice vertical jigging rod for the way I do that, but not sure it would throw a float very well. My blank was about$100 so not real high end, and they had light blanks, 4 pc, that were as short as 7’ I think, definitely in 7’6”. St Croix brand. The ideas were running through my head at the time.