If all one were doing is twitching jigs for coho, then a 1-piece 7-8' rod bass/twitching rod would be ideal.

Unfortunately, that's never the case, as we all know how coho around these parts tend to be more picky than Merg's women! Seems there's float-n-eggs, hootchie spinners, and other shenanigans going on during the day that require the use of more than one rod. Or, you end up hooking that 30+ pound king on a jig and you wished you were using something other than a light twitching rod

This time of year, I'm all about a 10.5 float-n-egg rod and a 8'6" pitching/casting rod. IE, a 1264 and a 1025.

The only thing those two rods don't do well is fish spoons....and I pretty much never swing metal for coho in this state...and if I were too, I'd use a 9'6" Sage 290 for that.

As always when talking about rods, reels, lines, and hooks, your results may vary.