I would pretty much agree with that. For quite a while, the rods available here were 11' and up. I would classify 10' and under as short tenkara rods.

Regarding the the "how big" question, one of the guys at the Sowbug Roundup (probably one of the ones you rounded up) wanted one of the rods badly enough he bought mine on the spot rather than ordering from the website. He later sent me a photo of what has to be a 15" brown caught with it. I'd say that's pushing it, though. Another guy caught about a 12" channel cat with one of the little 6'6" rods, which is probably even more surprising.