Japanese Rockfish rods are starting to get a following in the US, had a following in Europe longer - only the Japanese would design UL and XUL rods just for the salt.
You can see some more if you search Rockfish Rod on ebay.
Just stumbled on this 5-pc, which looks really cool -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hara-TIGA-rod- ... 4310412881(the Japanese are big on multipiece, because they travel public trans to get everywhere, and a long rod on a train would lose face)
NorieS makes the high-dollar version, which my two aren't, and am delighted with them.
I hunted these down beginning with Rakuten 8 years ago, then used Noppin for my Japan broker to buy them when I had the links to what I wanted to buy - a reliable broker, great English, and better shipping than Rakuten's shipping broker.
But now you don't have to go to that trouble - Japan vendors are coming to us on Ebay, and major tackle brands are picking up the trend.
My niche is canal and dock fishing under the lights - bought them for kid-fishing nursery seatrout, throwing weightless bait rigs up to sail in the wind.
Soon found they were great for schoolie trout, and incredible for sight-fishing large seatrout, when the key is matching small bait size.
the small is 16"
also about the best fillets the Gulf coast offers