Hello All,

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Friend of mine gave me a St. Croix Avid SC3 7' Heavy-fast..what would be a good application for this rod?

Seems like a beefy rod, What would you use it for?

Thanks in advance for your opinion!

In my quiver it would be a flip/pitch rod as I seldom use heavy’s for more than that.....and welcome aboard 

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I think he bought it originally for Pike and Musky, but thought it would be good for bass using spinnerbaits, chatterbaits in the heavy cover. Seems a little overkill to me! Thanks for the replies!

The st croix website lists the 7'4 Heavy as the most similar Mojo model. Its called the Slop-n-frog/Swim jig. Here's the desription "This is “the rod” for fishing slop and lily pads with frogs and rats. Designed to efficiently cast light frogs and pull bass from the thickest cover. Also recommended for swim jigs." 

Thanks for the response, I would have never thought something heavy like this would work!

Ive seen some 7'3-7'6 MH being used in the thick cover. I guess this being an older rod, its probably much heavier then the new stuff!

21 hours ago, sirrobinhood said:

Thanks for the response, I would have never thought something heavy like this would work!

Ive seen some 7'3-7'6 MH being used in the thick cover. I guess this being an older rod, its probably much heavier then the new stuff!

How much older? The new mojo's are also SCIII so they should be very similar. I just likened it to the mojos because those are technique specific and wanted to see what techniques St Croix designed a similar rod for.

Pretty old, I would say at least 12-13 years old.