Jig Rod Vs Flippin Rod

[Captain America]

I have been seeing peoples rod systems and they have a separate rod for jigs/plastics and a rod for flippin/pitchin. Now, i understand where you would use your flippin stick, but where would you use a separate jig/plastic rod besides for flippin and pithcin? Aren't you primarily flippin jigs and plastics anyway?

[Ozark_Basser]

Generally a longer, stouter rod is more handy for winching fish out of cover. Its also easier to pitch and flip farther with a longer rod.

[Captain America]

yes, but what application is the other rod better for than a flippin stick would be?

[ABW]

May use casting jigs, at least that's what I do with my jig rod.

[tbone1993]

I'll use my flipping stick for heavier and deeper jigs. The regular jig rod does everything but handles swim jigs and chatterbaits better.

[smalljaw67]

There are a lot of instances where I don't want a big heavy flipping stick to fish jigs. There is a spot I fish in which I use a 6'6" MH-F jig rod, it sounds strange but the area I'm fishing is 150 yards of steep bank with a lot of trees. There are lots of deadfalls and of course overhangs but the water is clear and shallow, if you get too close you spook the fish so I'm out away from the bank a little further than pitching distance and I have to get under overhangs as well. The big rod can cast but I'm throwing small 3/16oz jigs with a thin skirt and trailer and the 6'6" MH-F lets me make the roll cast with a light bait under the overhangs and it still has to power to get a big fish back to the boat. That is only one example of many that I would use a separate jig rod over a flipping stick.

[Logan S]

Flipping is flipping, use the big flipping rod whether you've got a jig, punch rig, or plain Texas rig on.  

 

If you're doing anything else...Like casting to open/deep water, swimming a jig, or using a football jig...That big flipping rod is not going to be ideal (at least to me).  Jigs have a lot more to offer besides being flipped to heavy cover...and the flipping rod is serious overkill for most of the non-flipping applications.  

 

 

(Do you think I mentioned 'flipping' enough in this post? LOL )

[HookdUP]

I have kne rod for flipping and a rod for swimming

[JGBassinAL]

I have a punching stick that I use for punching grass, a flipping stick that I use to pitch into laydowns, and I have a jig rod. My jig rod is for casting football jigs on ledges. There isn't one of those rods that can do all three of these things. You could have one that you could use for punching and pitching, but in my case, I use 20 lb. fluoro for pitching into laydowns so that takes one rod for those two techniques out of the equation. I like to have some tip (mod-fast) on my jig rod for deep water. I also throw 14 lb. fluoro on my jig rod. That's just an example of using multiple rods for jigs and an explanation of why I have three different rods for jigs.

[Ozark_Basser]

yes, but what application is the other rod better for than a flippin stick would be?

You can use a flipping stick for casting a jig, but its a little harder to cast as accurate or skip docks with a long rod. For 3/4 oz football heads in deep water a flipping stick is not a bad choice though. It just depends on where you fish and personal preference.

[K_Mac]

Flipping and pitching are very different for me most of the time. Yes, when flipping heavy cover I will occasionally use a little bit of a pitch for extra distance. In this case a flipping stick is fine. When pitching I generally want a medium or medium-heavy power rod with a fast or extra fast, soft tip. I want a rod that loads easily for both distance and accuracy. My favorite jig rod for deeper water is heavy power-moderate action. There really is not a one-size-fits-all solution. See how easy it is to justify multiple combos...

[PitchinJigz]

Flipping is flipping, use the big flipping rod whether you've got a jig, punch rig, or plain Texas rig on.  

 

If you're doing anything else...Like casting to open/deep water, swimming a jig, or using a football jig...That big flipping rod is not going to be ideal (at least to me).  Jigs have a lot more to offer besides being flipped to heavy cover...and the flipping rod is serious overkill for most of the non-flipping applications.  

 

 

(Do you think I mentioned 'flipping' enough in this post? LOL )

Seven times to be exact.

[cgs1967]

I use my gloomis imx jwr jig and worm rod to flip with but a true flipping rod will be stouter and longer as mentioned.  You can get away will using a jig and worm rod especially if it is a med/heavy or heavy rod.

[sprint61]

And people acted like I was crazy when I made a post saying casting jigs was a lost art.

[WRB]

Let's drop the term flipping, very few anglers ever flip anything.

To flip you need the longest rod possible, tournaments limit the length to 8'. When you flip you don't use the reel.

Pitching can be done with several different rod types and lengths from spinning to baitcasting. Pitching is simply a under hand cast where the lure is hand held, then pitched to a target. The rod, line needs to be strong enough to get the bass out of where it was hooked, using the reel to recover line.

A typical jig/worm rod is used to cast the jig or worm a distance using several different techniques, usually a standard over head cast. The rod needs to be able to effectively cast the jig or worm and control the bass wherever it was hooked.

Flipping rod is application specific, long and strong to lift bass out of cover without using a reel.

Tom

[Catt]

I flip, pitch, & cast with one rod!

I start by casting to the outer edges of the cover, as I get closer its pitching to the edge & a few feet past the edge, then finally I flip specific targets once I get to the cover.

I see guys run straight up to the cover & start flipping/pitching deep into the cover spooking the bass on or near the edge, then wonder why they didn't catch anything.

Active bass will be hanging out on or near the edge!