Do you elect to use a traditional flipping stick, or something shorter? I mainly punch vegetation only, and use a 7'9" rod. Was thinking of going for something in the 7'4" rage for flipping docks. What do you guys use?
Do you elect to use a traditional flipping stick, or something shorter? I mainly punch vegetation only, and use a 7'9" rod. Was thinking of going for something in the 7'4" rage for flipping docks. What do you guys use?
I grew up fishing the lake of the ozarks which has just about more floating docks than any other lake in the US and I like using 7'3-7'6 but I can't get away with a 8'... it just gets a little tight going in between docks
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I don't think you'll notice much of a difference between your 7'9" and 7'4". At ;east not enough to justify spending the money on a new rod...as if you needed an excuse!
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How tall are you? If part of your pitching includes skipping, I think that's a really important consideration. I'm about 6' 2" and have found it much easier to skip with a 7 footer. I have a 7'6" that I use for punching that I've tied jigs onto and tried to skip - it's significantly tougher. This is particularly true of a "pitch skip," but also seems to matter with the standard roll cast skip.
In fairness, this maybe could all be attributed to what I'm used to as well. I feel like the length of rod makes a difference above and beyond that, though.
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I much prefer a 6'8"-7'0" rod for skipping docks and I'm 6'3". The less rod the better. Using a longer rod makes it a lot harder if you ask me. I can handle a 7'3" or 7'4" but it's harder if you're not used to it.
Originally Posted by BigBass94
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I'm 6ft tall, so maybe I should try the 7 foot rod length. I have never skipped baits, but it's something I need to work on for sure.
Skipping and pitching are two completely different things in my book.... 7'4 -7'6 for pitching and 7 for skipping. The post was about pitching I thought.
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7' for sure, if you are going to be pitching and skipping. I'm 6'2" and that seems short enough to do everything I want to do.
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