Good casting rod for skipping jigs

[Clay]

I am new to this site and was wondering what would be a good casting rod to skip jigs I am looking for one around 7' long and a heavy power. I am open to new ideas too. 

[Smokinal]

I can't help you with a rod selection but I'd like to welcome you to BR!

[j bab]

I'm not an expert at skipping by any means, so maybe someone that is can help me out here, but I personally would think heavy might be a little too stiff for this. I would use a medium heavy unless for some reason you're skipping real heavy jigs

[Dan_the_fisher]

I use a older 7' 4 power g loomis imx to skip 1/4-3/8 jigs. It works like a dream so far. 

[buzzed bait]

welcome man!  one piece that will help narrow down some suggestions is what's the budget as far as the rod goes?  

[IndianaFinesse]

I think a slightly shorter rod of 6' 6" or so would be better for the added accuracy needed to thread a jig under low hanging docks.  I personally use a 6' 4" medium heavy spinning rod for skipping jigs and a longer seven foot casting rod for throwing jigs question pound other areas.  You might just find that skipping is easier done with spinning tackle.

[IndianaFinesse]

I think a slightly shorter rod of 6' 6" or so would be better for the added accuracy needed to thread a jig under low hanging docks.  I personally use a 6' 4" medium heavy spinning rod for skipping jigs and a longer seven foot rod for throwing jigs around other areas.  You might just find it is easier to skip with spinning, I know I was very pleasantly surprised when I switched.

[tbone1993]

Shorter rods help but even having a longer yet more forgiving rod does the trick. I've used a 735c dobyns and it gets the job done. Finding a good skipping jig with a solid trailer is more important. If you can glue your trailers on before hand it will help you from losing so many trailers.

["hamma"]

when i first started skipping i used a old  5' 9 " shimano xl med heavy spinning rod, paired with a wide spooled reel,... worked well and the shorter rod really gave me better control of the skip due to the angle it provided from the tip of the rod to the waters surface. as i progressed in skipping I adopted a pitch/skip technique  (of my own design) with a flipping stick. as far as a full on skip with a casting rod i will use a med heavy action with a curado that I have adjusted to be a bit looser that if i was to cast that same jig, just need to thumb the spool a bit more than usual