St Croix Premier - Med Heavy?

[Fish Head]

I just purchased a 8ft St. Croix Premier heavy and I'm putting a Toro Revo on it. I haven't used it yet and I'm thinking of exchanging it for a med-heavy. I plan to use it as an all around rod. lots of bucktails, double cowgirls, topwaters, gliders, depth raiders, etc. I already have a heavier rod that I use for the larger bull dawgs etc.

The HEAVY St Croix is noticably heavier than my X-HEAVY Shimano Compre. Would it be a mistake to go down to medium heavy?

[Esox_Magnum]

MH would make a good small bait rod but not for DCG's.

[Quackaddict9]

I would stick to the 8' heavy...I had a 7-6 mh and did not use it as much and wish I went with the H instead but traded it in for a st.croix legend slingblade.

[jkahler]

I have 3 of the MH. I use 2 7'6" rods for trolling rods and the 8ft for casting. You can throw jr cowgirls with them, but nothing bigger. Great rods.

[ole matty]

Get h instead for all purpose baits... I have mh I use it for reg size bucktails and propeller topwater baits... It's load to much on figure 8 with dcg even tho it can cast pretty good. Just my .02.

[Fish Head]

Thanks for the feedback! Just to confirm, you are talking about the St Croix Premier rods, right? It seems each rod manufacturer seems to vary quite a bit on what H, MH, and XH are. The H St Croix premier is quite a bit heavier than the XH Shimano Compre.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I use a 7' MH Avid muskie rod for everything, DCGs, Bulldawgs, jerkbaits, topwaters, spinnerbaits... I personaly think its a great all around rod.

[justinT]

I don't think there would be any benefit to dropping to MH, especially if you plan on moving those DCG w/ any amount of speed. I used a H Premier for two years and I thought even that rod loaded too much on the eight if I was moving a DCG at a pace outside of a slow roll. After switching to a 9' Avaio this year, I'd suggest going heavier and longer.