I'd look for a rod with a lure weight rating between 1/4-1oz.  That covers A LOT of techniques.  Back up jig, texas rig, spinner baits, etc.

 

Rods that I've been big on lately are Kistler KLX.  They routinely go on sale and there are various discount codes out there that make them an even better value.

X2

make that X3 i picked up a couple last year and love them.BPS runs sales a few times a year on them.