Ideal kayak casting fishing rod?

Wow, so many more replies!! Again, thank you all for your kind welcome and advices

It's great to see other PFIC members as members of NCKA as well. I'm sorry I haven't responded back sooner, as I was doing some fishing yesterday as well as this morning before I had to go into work. I caught 2 cabbies this week (23" 7 lbs 8 oz & 25" 8 lbs 9 oz) from the rocks. I hope to post some reports here soon, but this time on a kayak rather than on the shore lol!!

I will take all of your advices in searching older threads for inputs, post a Wanted: paddle to see if there are other colleagues who may have a paddle to sell, and more than likely go with the Trevala rod.

All of you are great!! Thanks again

- Daniel

Just to add to the list - for jigging I use an abu 6600bcx on an abu conlon 6'6" medium heavy - 30lb braid
for spinning i just changed to an abu 177 on a 6'9 tiger lite medium also with 30 lb braid - really like the tiger lite for the price.
I tend to keep it cheap for salt setups and do just fine.  I have also used the shimano sonora 4000 for a spinning reel - for a $50 reel its been great

I almost forgot. Good job on the big cabbies! 

The Ugly Stiks are great rods, but something makes me cringe a little when I think of putting a $200 reel on a $50 rod. I could be wrong, but I would guess if you had the cash for a nice reel like the Revo, you might like a nicer rod to pair it with. I think GB2's Lamiglas suggestion is a good one, also take a look at some of the beefier St. Croix rods. For me, I have the Revo paired to a Shimano Butterfly Rod in ML.

I'm not knocking Ugly Stiks, I think they are a great rod for the money. But if I were going to put a reel on an Ugly Stik it would be something equally bomber, but not exactly high $, like a Jigmaster or a Penn 320 GTi

I almost forgot. Good job on the big cabbies! 

Jim, thanks for those kind compliments regarding the huge cabbies Now that I have both a paddle and the shimano trevala, I'm ready to go out on my yak!! It was fun hauling the 25" cabbies from shore, but I can't wait to pull some out from a kayak!!

Thank you all for helping me decide on my rod, and I look forward to sharing reports and pics with you all.

My go to setup has been a st croix mojo bass rod paired with an okuma serrano reel (although I am probably switching it back to a curado 200e).  It is a lighter weight setup than most here use but it is a lot of fun pulling up lings, cabs and various rockfish on that rig.  I have some heavier setups that I used to use down south, but I find that I rarely use them any more.

Michael