Heaviest? A daiwa swimbait rod for a deps 250. Two more up there in alabama rig/swimbait zone. 

 

For me, hook diameter also plays a role in rod and line size. There's a ton of overlap in the MH and H reasonable casting weights anyway.

 

Common presentations for me on a Heavy:

1. Frog
2. Punch rig. On braid I haven't felt the urge to an XH, and the cast isn't really a cast anyway.
3. Jig 
4. Carolina-rig
5. Big, fat, or deep worms. If it needs an owner beast hook I'm moving to XH though.
6. 4.8 keitech, 5/0 or 6/0 owner flashy swimmer (I tried these on a MH, too many poor hooksets)
7. Deep cranks

*Swimjig (although I'm moving to a midsize hook and that fishes just fine on a MH on weed edges/points, which is mostly where I fish it anyway, on flouro).  

 

One of my heavy rods is down for the count right now (knocked a ring out) and it's a bit of a PITA, as I try to get it done with five. 

 

Some of the presentations above can be fished on the same rod and may have overlap, like the big worm/jig rod. But having a punch rig on anytime a frog is in play is nearly always worth more fish. 

Friction to throw a c-rig is really high if it isn't setup already. Deep crank setup is a bit different than the others, etc. 
 

I tend to put more presentations into fewer places, but that leaves me hauling a lot of junk around. Usually only need two rods, but I don't know which ones for a little bit. 

 

How many medium rods? One. Mostly stays in the truck. Right next to the one ML I have that I also never use. 

 

I don't have a need for anything super heavy where I fish so the highest my rods are rated is up to 1oz. For my Shimano rods, that's a MH. I have a Falcon that they rate as a heavy that is rated for the same weight range. I feel like outside of the extremes (big swimbaits, a-rig, punching, etc), I can do pretty much everything needed with a rod rated up to 1oz. Especially with braid

I have the Tatula frog rod and 7'6" flipping rod, I don't get to use them all that often. Unless I'm frog fishing or in a lake with particularly heavy cover, my Steez Bottom Contact (MH-H) is usually the heaviest rod that I use on a regular basis. M and MH rods see regular usage.

On 7/3/2023 at 11:46 PM, txchaser said:

owner beast hook I'm moving to XH though.

Agreed!

On 7/3/2023 at 11:46 PM, txchaser said:

How many medium rods? One. Mostly stays in the truck. Right next to the one ML I have that I also never use. 

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8 hours ago, Cbump said:

Agreed!

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I’ve consistently set 6-8/0 weighted Swimbait hooks with the falcon eye crosser and 50 pound braid on a currado k. No problem at all. With baits up to the six inch magdraft freestyle. Love that rod. Also my heaviest. My 7’2” mh expride is much more stout than I was expecting it to be. I honestly use the eye crosser for as many things as I can. I just like it. 

The eye crosser is the same as the head Turner right? One of the best! 

49 minutes ago, Cbump said:

The eye crosser is the same as the head Turner right? One of the best! 

I like it more then the head turner. There both great.