Not sure the following meets all of your requirements, but you might want to consider a Tenkara set up.
This telescoping rod with fixed line and no reel is ideal for certain kinds of environments (e.g., backpack fishing, trout and panfish, small stream).
Online searches will reveal a growing number of retailers as well as instructional videos.
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