I use the same rods as brahma for trolling both inline and Dipsy divers. I never seen the reason for expensive rods for trolling. For leadcore i use an 8'6 med heavy okuma for 6 colors. The mediums have too light a tip when pulling that much weight and a big board. I usually run a bandit and it puts me around 53 foot when trolling around 2 gps. I use the okuma magda pro 30 reels and run all braid backing so i can get some extra depth if needed. Only rod i spend money on is jigging/casting and gloomis is my only choice.