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OK gents I have an angling weakness I'm sharing. Of all technique's I've learned, used and perfected flipping is the one that has beat me. A 7-8 ft heavy action rod with 25 pound test feels like a telephone pole to me, within 15 minutes my arms hurt and I'm concentrating on the club rather than the lure. Over the years I have practiced flipping on land and I'm very accurate at hitting land targets. The problems I have encountered while trying flipping on the water are:

I'm much higher on my front deck casting and now the angle is different (game changed)
I whack my boat with the lure and get a professional over-run, on land this never happens (throw the rod in my rod locker for the day)
The lure smashes into the water, No finesse here just a tidal wave. Feel like a bull in a china shop!

I see pros on TV and it looks so easy. Where's that "easy button" when you need it?

I would truly appreciate any guidance.

Bassin Butch

There are some old posts on pitching and flipping, but I can't find them right now. I'll keep looking. I'm another one who doesn't get it when it comes to flipp'n. I don't know what the advantages are to flipp'n vs. pitching, the later is what I use to probe lay-downs ect. We'll see what the guys have to say. Carl

Found the post, page 9,"how do you flip". Wonderful post by Brenden and others. Answered my own q. after rereading the posts.
carl