Rod advice?

I´m pretty new to sea fishing - well, and absolute beginner to be honest, though I used to do coarse fishing as a teenager. I moved to Lanzarote a while back and have been dabbling - seems criminal not to fish here!

Anyway, I don't know much about rods and would like some suggestions please. I have a 9ft rod (don't ask me what type - I started cheap with a kit) which seems for most of what I do a bit short. I keep loosing tackle on the rocks because of it.

So far I've been doing float fishing with about 30g and a bit of plug fishing. Ideally I'd like something suitable for both - that will give me the best distance possible - and get my tackle away from the rocks. What should I be looking for? Can one rod do the two things - or should I be looking for two?

a good bass or flattie rod should do both and at 11foot 6 inches will give you extra reach another alternative is a 3lb test pike rod normally 12 foot the pike rod should not cost more than 75 euro for a half decent one for a bass rod expect to pay a lot more for quality kit another option is a shimano exage they do a 10 foot one i think very handy for transport and nice bit of kit , hope this helps , dont be shy on sticking an old report and a few pics up on the site ,its nice to see reports from sunny climates at this time of the year :roll: :roll: 8)
dodger

Thanks for the advice. Deffinately the extra reach is what I need - the rocks where I usually fish from are a real headache. Choices are limited here with a couple of tackle shops

Unfortutanetly I haven't had the chance to get out lately - to much bloody work! And when I have I've not really caught anything of much note - I think I'd be a bit embarassed with my catches to date if I had photos to put on here! :D But when I get something I'm half pleased with I´ll put some pics up.

However, if you do want to see what you´ve been missing in the meantime - here's the view from my back garden earlier this evening...

I've got a few more of my pictures of the island online if you are interested [url=http://www.lanzarotepictures.com/main.php?g2_itemId=88&g2_navId=x981ede23]CLICK HERE[/url]

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i got a penn bass rod 1-3oz, 11"6. super little rod. do good 4 wat u want it 4 and wont cost 2 much, bout 50 euro.

Sounds interesting - but getting it here might present a problem.