For that short and light of a rod, I like to use single-foot spinning guides to keep the weight (# of wraps) down. Size 8 should be fine, unless you tie bulky line-leader knots. My Favorite is a Titan from AmTak (very cool modern looking frame and extremely light), but Forcast guides from Batson will give you a lot of great color choices.

Actually I take part of that back-- my favorite to use is an aggate stripper from goldenwitch (regardless of rod weight). There is nothing classier IMO.