Medium heavy is not for me. My steelhead rods are light to medium. My current favorite rod is a lamiglas 9.5 ft spinning rod, which I use mostly for bobber fishing. For a drift rod, I like an 8.5 ft medium light rod (I use an old fenwick).

The thing is, most steelhead aren't that big, and most of the time, you'll be using 8 to 10 lb test leader. So a heavy rod is kind of wasted on steelhead.

If you need to use the same rod for salmon and steelhead, I'd go to a medium rod, rated for, say 8 to 17 lb test line. But I like light gear. If you were going to fish one of the meat holes, where you are surrounded by people, and 25lb test leader is ultralight, then you need the heavy stick. But that doesn't describe too much of the fishing around here.