heavy or medium heavy

bcklash · 03-31-08, 05:48 PM

which rod do you guys use when flipping and pitching or do you, according to the area or bait you are using, might use both. I guess what I am asking is do you really need a heavy action rod? THANKS BCKLASH

Buzz Wing · 03-31-08, 05:52 PM

Personally, I employ a St. Croix Avid, 7'6'', Med-Hvy, Mod-Fast, (AVC76MHMF). Croix's have the tendency to be rated higher than normal, so a M will feel like a MH, a MH will feel like a H. This rod is perfect for flingin' those lighter baits out there, yet strong enough to hoss most fish out of any cover. Unless your fishing mats or extra-heavy brush where a one or two ounce weight is needed to penetrate, a medium heavy will do the job just fine!

-Buzz

zooker · 03-31-08, 05:57 PM

depends on what your doing with it.. flipping heavy cover with jigs yes a long x heavy rod. accuate pitching use a mh heavy rod. heavy action work best on spinnerbaits and carolina rigs..

i own both i use the 7'66 x heavy stick to flip and pitch jigs to the gnarlyest brush piles i can find.. i use a 7' mh for texas rigging most of which i pitch to less gnarly areas like docks..

zooker

carolina-rig-01 · 03-31-08, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by zooker

depends on what your doing with it.. flipping heavy cover with jigs yes a long x heavy rod. accuate pitching use a mh heavy rod. heavy action work best on spinnerbaits and carolina rigs..

i own both i use the 7'66 x heavy stick to flip and pitch jigs to the gnarlyest brush piles i can find.. i use a 7' mh for texas rigging most of which i pitch to less gnarly areas like docks..

zooker

me too.........

BigBassin144 · 03-31-08, 09:43 PM

My flipping rod is actually rated as a MEDIUM power rod, but it's slighty heavier than my regular MH rods. we bought the blank from the rod buillding shop here and they said it was a great blank, only 80 bucks, and it is heavier than it says. I'd say, unless you're flipping into really heavy covor or such, you'd be fine with a MH, but i would'nt think a H rod would hurt.

BB

Patrick Krueger, Jr. · 04-01-08, 03:55 AM

I only use MH for flipping and pitching. My H rods are for salmon and catfish.

03-31-08, 05:48 PM	#1
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	heavy or medium heavy which rod do you guys use when flipping and pitching or do you, according to the area or bait you are using, might use both. I guess what I am asking is do you really need a heavy action rod? THANKS BCKLASH __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

03-31-08, 05:57 PM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	depends on what your doing with it.. flipping heavy cover with jigs yes a long x heavy rod. accuate pitching use a mh heavy rod. heavy action work best on spinnerbaits and carolina rigs.. i own both i use the 7'66 x heavy stick to flip and pitch jigs to the gnarlyest brush piles i can find.. i use a 7' mh for texas rigging most of which i pitch to less gnarly areas like docks.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-31-08, 09:43 PM	#5
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	My flipping rod is actually rated as a MEDIUM power rod, but it's slighty heavier than my regular MH rods. we bought the blank from the rod buillding shop here and they said it was a great blank, only 80 bucks, and it is heavier than it says. I'd say, unless you're flipping into really heavy covor or such, you'd be fine with a MH, but i would'nt think a H rod would hurt. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

04-01-08, 03:55 AM	#6
Patrick Krueger, Jr. BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kenosha, WI Posts: 567	I only use MH for flipping and pitching. My H rods are for salmon and catfish. __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. - John Buchan

03-31-08, 05:52 PM	#2
Buzz Wing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hudson, MI Posts: 1,219	Personally, I employ a St. Croix Avid, 7'6'', Med-Hvy, Mod-Fast, (AVC76MHMF). Croix's have the tendency to be rated higher than normal, so a M will feel like a MH, a MH will feel like a H. This rod is perfect for flingin' those lighter baits out there, yet strong enough to hoss most fish out of any cover. Unless your fishing mats or extra-heavy brush where a one or two ounce weight is needed to penetrate, a medium heavy will do the job just fine! -Buzz

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