Skipping Rod

[clayton86]

What do you look for in a skipping rod. Im trying to put together my list of rods im gonna buy for this season and I really need a skipping set up. Im gonna go spinning with this set up idk if im ready to tackle skipping with a casting rod. I was thinking a MH-F 6'6" maybe even a 6' im not sure if I should go M or MH some times I like to throw light tubes or beaver style baits up under tree's and docks so im not sure if the MH will be to much but then im afraid a M wont have the power to get the fish out with poles and branches it could wrap me up in. I could always buy more then 1 lol

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

When I'm skipping a bait it's usually under docks or overhanging trees along the bank where water is shallow and the baits are light. A Med power should be plenty in most cases. As far as lenghth goes it depends on your casting stroke. Some times I use a side arm cast with a 7' and it generates extra speed for longer skip casts. In closer quarters a little flip or back hand cast is all you need and I find that easier with a shorter rod. Most of the requested custom skipping rods I do are somewhere south of 6'6" (6'3" +/-).

[ww2farmer]

IMHO you want a rod with some tip, it helps launch the bait back under stuff. I have used many rods for skipping docks/overhanging trees, etc... from $200 St Croix Avid's, to $30 Berkley Lightning Rods. The rod I am using now is very well suited to this technique, it has some tip that loads really well with baits like Senkos, tubes, etc, but has enough power to move fish out and away from the dock. It's a cheap rod by some peoples standards here, and I am using it totaly by accident. I broke my Kistler dock skipping rod last year, and have not got around to replacing it yet with any thing, This winter I bought a set of 3 Berkley Lightning Rod Shocks (2 casting, one spinning) as truck/pond fishing/loaner rods, but I am using them all the time, and the 6'6" M spinning rod has found a home in my boat as my dock skipping rod. It's looks out of place on my boat deck mixed in with the Avids, and Legend Tournaments, but I am about catching fish, not how much my rods cost.

[Jake P]

6'6" without a doubt. I put together a skipping setup using a 6'6" MH/F rod simply because i already had the rod in the garage and couldnt find any other use for a mh spinning rod. I do wish it was a M but it works for now. 6'6" M/F should be perfect.

[clayton86]

Looks like a 6'6" MF veritas it is to go with the 5 other veritas rods im going with

edit: maybe not I just looked should of done it before hand but they don't offer a MF unless you go casting and I want a spinning set up so if I stick with abu its either a 6'3" vendetta2 MF or I go up to a 7'