At 7' (which is short for a striper boat spinning rod, by the way) for 1/2-2oz lures and a midsized reel, if built by a competent custom rod builder sometime in the last decade or so, the rods ought to perform about the same regardless of how they are setup.
Given how important the romance section of the game is, that's quite a few of you
Once the glue is cured, the rod is sanded, the ferrules (the connectors) are fitted, the guides are wrapped with fine silk thread, and multiple layers of varnish are applied
was reportedly 4 feet 10 inches
After that, of course, the exact rod depends on what kind of fish youre fishing and your preferences