flipping and pitching

[folk]

Sorry for my trivial question.

Could somebody explain to me, what method does "flipping and pitching" refer to? It's not something, that I could look up in the dictionary :oops:

TIA

folk

[dlaery]

Try this link.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/flipping_pitching.html

[folk]

Thanks a lot!

Not fully clear yet, but realized at least, that the hard bait section was the worst place to ask this question

folk

[woodsac]

There really are only a few subtle differences between the two.

Remember:

Flipping - Close presentation for very precise placement of the bait with little to zero noise when the bait enters the water. There is no need to open the bail when doing this. You are using the length of the line that you already have out.

Pitching - Further presentation used to keep the bait close to the water to give it a soft entry into the water, making very little noise. Great for getting under branches and limbs that you could not cast normally to.

I had a hard time remembering which one was which. I thought of it this way. Think about flipping like flipping a quarter into a glass. You have to be close. Then think of pitching, like a baseball. You are further away, but you want to keep the trajectory of the ball low enough to squeeze by the batter.

There are a couple of videos on the market that can give you a great visual! One is with KVD and I think the other is with Skeet Reese. Both are on the subject of pitching and flipping.

[folk]

Thanks a lot, woodsac!

Though we don't play and watch so much baseball here is Europe your explanation gave me a clear idea of these presentation techniques.

folk