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Sounds like a good Flippin/Pitchin/Punchin' setup. I would go for the 7:1 as you'll need to take up line fast. I would also spool it up with 50lb braid. Catch some hawgs..

I've had a Tat type R for 2 seasons on a Hvy/Fast flippin stick and its one of my favorite reels. I also use this rig for big pike and light muskie fishing. It can cast a 2oz crankbait a country mile, seldom back lashes, and is super smooth. I find it much easier to cast than my Chornarch...

As this is really only my 2nd year bass fishing, I'm still learing about the myraid of technicques and types of hardware.. Now I'm truely a multi species angler starting with pike and walleye in the spring, moving to bass for the summer, then pike/muskie in the fall. This is what i carry on the boat while bass fishing. Spinning: Fenwick Elite Tech 6'3" Med/Fast w/Shimano Symetre 8lb mono (shaky head, grubs, small jigs etc) Vintage Fenwick Goldwing 6'6" Med/? with Daiwa SS1300 8lb mono (Wacky, small jigs, etc) Fenwick Aetos 7'6" MedLt/Xfast w/Symetre 8 lb mono (drop shot) Vintage Shimano Beastmaster 7' MH/? w/Beastmaster Reel. 30lb. Power Pro (Big jigs, spinner baits, topwater, cranks, etc) Casting: St Croix Rage 6'10" MH/Fast w/Chronarch 30 lb PP (Texas Rigs mostly) St Croix Mojo Bass 7' MH/MF w/Tatula 30 lb PP (Casting/trolling cranks and spinner baits) Bass Pro Extreme 7'6" H/Fast w/tatula type R 50lb Suffix Pro (Pitching/Punchin/Flippin) Notes: I would like to replace both vintage rods eventually. Now that I've been using Casting reels a lot more, I prefer them. I find my flippin stick a little to heavy for the size of fish we get. Thoughts? Should I keep and get a slightly lighter pitchin rod or just replace it with a slightly lighter flip/pitch rod? I would like more uses for my rage worm/jig rod... thoughts? Of course, anything else that comes to mind please let me know TIA! Patrick.

Hi everyone. Started to get into Bass fishing big time this year fishing mostly on long point bay, lake erie as its fairly close to home. Started out the year trolling small cranks for smallies, then learning about senkos and other plastics. Drop shot, wacky, shaky head, texas rig,... you name it I've tryed it. I practiced pitchin and flipplin for largies a fair amount as well although I've only tied into one real decent LM and that was on a spinnerbait. Coming from mostly walleye and pike fishing, I'm finding this really exciting and I'm excited to learn and practice more. It seems like a great part of the angling sport! As there's still about a month of fishing left in my area, I want to target big pig largies so if anyone has any tips. please let me know! Cheers! Patrick.