Going to BPS tomorrow (my very first time) and I'm looking for a dedicated rod to throw tubes for smallies. Not sure if I should get a medium or med/hvy or what type of action is best. What do you use to throw tubes?

Medium with fast action should do it. Unless you're fishing shallow river smallies and would use a 1/8 oz as your heaviest, then a ML would work too. Not sure a MH is necessary except for deepwater great lakes tubes and even then a M is still probably fine.

7' MF spinning rod

 

7 foot MF will allow easy casting of tubes from 1/8 oz  on up.  If you go heavier in power you will not have the easy casting coverage that you'll have with med power.  Also, I like the lighter tip power of the med power.

 

You could go XFast action if you want, but I wouldn't recommend power greater than Med.  My favorite tube rod is the St Croix SCV 7 foot med power. 

I wouldn't, personnally, rule out a med heavy. I'm using that to throw 3.5" larger profile tubes with 1/4 to 3/8 tube heads.

I have no argument with this recommendation for heavy tubes, but they would be heavier than 3/8. 

 

The 7 MF will handle 1/4-3/8 very well and have better tip "feel." But it's a  matter of opinion.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I took some of the advice and came home with a med fast bait caster.

I would have gone with spinning to enhance the vertical spiral fall. Not the end of the world though. 

Whatever rod choice is made, it's no problem, because one can never have too many rods.