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I have a lot of good eel rods---Lami 1204 and 120 1L, old Sabre 1088 among others. The absolute favorite among all of mine is one Mike built on a Loomis SW 108-20 blank. The bad news is that Loomis blanks are hard to come by. The good news is, the Loomis SUR 1084 production rod is built on the exact same blank.
You don't need a 10' rod for eels. 9' works fine. Eels only cast so far anyway and the shorter rod is much easier to use all night. I have a Calcutta 400 on my 9' Loomis and I can hold the rod one handed with no effort when drifting them in current. When casting and retrieving, the butt tucks under my arm and the rod basically feels like an extension of my arms--no need to have the butt between my legs.
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