Depends what you are skipping. Weightless worms, senko's, and tubes I tend to use a old 6' spinning rod. Jigs I use a number of rods, but none are longer than 7'. That little short spinning rod is cheap, not very sensitive, but it makes skipping under 6" high docks and between pontoons easier than a longer rod. Buddy uses a 5'6" rod, and is much better at it than I am.