Flippin stick!

[Rebbasser]

Me and a buddy went fishin Sunday Mornin on the Mighty Mississippi just up river from lock n dam No. 11. I started the morning throwing a buzz bait through the lily pads in some back water. I was getting a descent number of hits but 3/4 of the fish were missing the buzz bait. After the sun got up there I switched to a black and red Mann's jig with a 2.5 inch yum crawdad and started fishing some timber piles and Grassy over hanging shorelines with some current. We did good, but I lost a lot of fish due to the not having a true flippin stick. I need to buy a nice 7 ft med hev rod with a baitcaster but I can't spend a lot a money on it right now. Anyone have any ideas on a cheaper, but dependable, set up for around 90 bucks.