What model not brand of rod would you recommended for a 2.5 squarebill?

Legend Glass 7'2" MM

I throw 1.5's and 2.5's on a Dobyn's 705cb. 

Shimano Expride in 7' or 6'-10" glass

Megabass flatside special

 

Dobyns 705CB or 736CB Glass

    I use squarebills around riprap a lot, and I find a faster, stiffer tip helps them clear the rocks. A "dead" or "soft" rod, like a glass one, is not good for snapping the body sideways when the edge of the bill makes hard contact.

   However, a glass or soft-tip graphite rod is perfect around standing timber, because the softer "shove" of a glass rod brings squarebills around slower, in a more controlled deflection. Slow tips are also better when you use a squarebill like a shallow diver, not contacting anything at all.

   So it all boils down to whether you're going to fish rocks, timber or unobstructed water. Take your pick.       jj

I also throw 2.5's on the Dobyns 705cb Glass. Despite the name, it's actually 60% graphite and 40% glass and gives you some of the sensitivity and strength from graphite and the flex of glass. The 705 feels nothing like traditional glass rods, at least the fast action version. I throw 1.5's on the 704 Glass and it feels more like a traditional glass rod as far as parabolic bend, but yet weighs less than the 704cb graphite version, and it flings lights cranks and squarebills a long way.