Flipping and Pitching Reels

[collinfiske_RFC]

Looking to buy a reel to flip and pitch with. What are some of your guys suggestions? 

[Kuenro02]

What kind of price range are you looking in? I'm doing the same right now and I'm a Daiwa guy myself. I really like the tatula series with the t-wing. Let's the line draw out much smoother. It's around $150. I have 4 Daiwa excelor reels and love them. Also, ardent has some good reels as well as the tried and true Shimano curado. Good luck, let me know what you end up with cause I'm gearing up for spring as well.

[FlipSide]

Any reel can flip/pitch. Just get your favorite reel, put some 50-60lb braid on it and there you go, got yourself a flippin/pitchin reel.

[J Francho]

Flipping and pitching are just casting techniques. You should be able to do both with any rod and reel you own, including spinning.  Flipping doesn't involve free spool casting, so spool performance matters little.  Just find a reel with a good drag that's comfortable in your hand.  For pitching, I like loose spool, and simple centrifugal brakes or an induction hub system, like Daiwa Mag-X/Z.  If you're looking to fish heavy cover, a strong metal frame and a powerful, yet smooth drag will be important.  I'll say this, I pitch cast probably 10x as much as I flip.  In fact, a flip usually happens at the end of a pitch, when I see something close, but my bait isn't quite in the spot.  Use a flip to put it there.

[Montanaro]

Daiwa t3 1016

Super amazing spool makes it effortless to pitch and skip.  Also the hood allows you to reengage spool with one hand in case you get bit on fall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[J Francho]

1 minute ago, Montanaro said:

Daiwa t3 1016

Super amazing spool makes it effortless to pitch and skip.  Also the hood allows you to reengage spool with one hand in case you get bit on fall.

Especially the lefty, if you're a right handed caster like me.  Very cool reel for this.  I didn't think anything could replace my coveted TD_X HSDLs...

[ethan-333]

i have the diawa t3 and tatula 100hsl.

love the tatula for skipping docks. i think its the best reel for the money. you can get them for 99 dollars on amazon compared to 150

[Montanaro]

My two t3s cost on average 140 dollars.

The 1016 spool alone is 70 dollars

 

 

 

 

[DenhamBruce]

13 reels are nice. 22lbs of drag that you can just lock down and they aren't designed to hold tons of line. So they spin real easy for flipping and got a big handle for cranking.

[Robert Riley]

I have the Lew's SuperDuty, it's great. 

[LunkerFisher]

I picked up a superduty for my slop fishing this year. On dry land I'm liking the handle and balance on my razr 7' heavy rod.