Im am currently fishing with a light set up 6'6' 2-4 kg rod small threadline and 6lb braid. Its a great little rig for bream whiting small/medium flathead and fishing with soft plastics around the estuarys.

Im looking for something verstatile with a bit more grunt. Another set up that i can cast out with a bigger bait while im flicking around some soft plastics. I wouldnt mind something that i could also use in the surf/off rocks.

I generally fish around redcliffe/pine so the im guessing the most common encounters would be big catfish/flathead and maybe small sharks. But i would like something that i could also use to fish the surf or the seaway. Oh yeah and i am stuck predominantly land based.

My main question is what kind of weight rating should i be looking and what length ?
i was thinking something around 10 foot would be useful but i have no idea at what kind of weight grading.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.