I am planning to get one of these for targeting snook from the jetty, to pair with a diawa 3000 sized reel., probably the legalis.  I've heard these are more moderate than expected and to potentially step up in power.  Should I get a medium or a medium heavy?  I will mostly be throwing little paddletails on jigheads(up to 1/4) or small belly weighted hooks on this setup. 

 

I am leaning towards the medium heavy at the moment.  Does anyone have any thoughts?

I'm confused - are you talking the St Croix Avid-X or the Daiwa Aird-X?

 

I don't know of an Arid-X rod.

6 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm confused - are you talking the St Croix Avid-X or the Daiwa Aird-X?

 

I don't know of an Arid-X rod.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Aird_X_Spinning_Rods/descpage-DAXS.html

 

This is what I meant.  I spelled it wrong though, good catch

6 hours ago, newyorktoiowa57 said:

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Aird_X_Spinning_Rods/descpage-DAXS.html

Okay - the Aird-X.

 

Go with the Medium - the Medium-Heavy is too much rod for the small baits you're planning on tossing. They are a bit more Moderate than a true fast....but more of Mod-Fast than a true Mod.

 

This is from experience - I own a 6'6" Aird-X M/F spinning with a 2500 size reel on - it's one of my shore rigs.

25 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Go with the Medium.

You'll want the medium when casting 1/4 oz jigs, and then you'll want a MH (at least) when something real shows up.

I was able to find the rods in a local store, and felt that the medium was not powerful enough, and the MH was too stiff. 

 

I ended up getting a different rod, a TFO Pro-S medium, which was basically inbetween the M and MH Aird X.

 

I'm glad I was able to handle the rods in a store.  It can be very hard to make a decision without handling the product. 

I own two of these and until this thread always thought they were Arid-X.