Ill be fishing a tournament on Saturday and ill most likely be flipping a jig and beaver all day.

 

Do you think with a 7;1:1 it might be better to  have for this technique to get more pitches per hour?

 

Only thing im worried about is overworking the bait, water temps most likely gonna be around 45...maybe less

 

Whatcha think?

Yup,  I'd use it.  Your not working the bait with the reel, your using the rod.  You won't get bit reeling the bait in anyways (with a few exceptions).  Law of Averages.  More flips, more bass.  That extra second or two that you gain per flip adds up real quick especially over 8 hours.

 

If you need to slow down, slow down your cadence.

All I use for flipping and pitching is a 7.1 ratio reel, for the same reasons that next KVD listed above, and because it is helpful when you are trying to muscle bass out of thick cover.

A 7:1 reel helps when bringing the bait back to the boat in a hurry.

Agreed with everyone else, use it.

All I use, are 7.1:1 for jigs.

Wouldn't even consider anything less than a 7.1:1 for any plastic lure technique.

I'de definitely use one. I Just always go with the 6:4:1. 6:4:1 still seems fast to me when I crank it back to the boat. 

 

But yeah. a 7:1:1 may help you get in an extra 20-30 flips in. And in a tourney, could mean 10lbs.

Ok thanks for the feedback all...seems i will use it

I don't actually think you'll get any more flips in with a 7:1. All your reel does when pitching is pick up slack. This time of year, you're probably not working it fast enough that reeling down is slowing you down. It absolutely does help when your trying to catch up to a fish swimming at the boat though.

I use 7:1 reels on my jig, flippin, frog and spinner / chatter baits rods

 

 

Mike

I don't actually think you'll get any more flips in with a 7:1. All your reel does when pitching is pick up slack. This time of year, you're probably not working it fast enough that reeling down is slowing you down. It absolutely does help when your trying to catch up to a fish swimming at the boat though.

 

Not trying to start a fight or anything, just curious on your logic.  Say your 20 feet away from the object your pitching to and once you work that object you need to reel the bait back through dead water before the next pitch. How is it that  the extra 3-4 IPT of the reel spool does not get your bait back to the boat faster than say a 6.3:1 that has 26-27 IPT of the reel spool? You are shaving an 2-3 seconds (Yes, I've timed it) off that time that the bait is in dead water, not add up to an extra couple of pitches/flips in a days time? 

 

I agree with everything else your saying though.

Ill be fishing a tournament on Saturday and ill most likely be flipping a jig and beaver all day.

Do you think with a 7;1:1 it might be better to have for this technique to get more pitches per hour?

Only thing im worried about is overworking the bait, water temps most likely gonna be around 45...maybe less

Whatcha think?

You don't use your reel when flipping! You do use a reel when pitching.

The difference between a 7.1 and. 6.3 is about 4" line with each reel handle turn, which means you can retrieve 30' of line about in 10 turns of the reel handle instead of 12 turns and you think that helps how? Slow down and saturate your target area and catch the bass are holding tight to cover, they are not going to chase down your lure.

Tom

The problem I had when using a slower reel for flippin/pitching is when I would pull the bait out of the hole it would want to swing in towards the boat and I could keep up with a 6.3 ratio and the weight would sometimes hit the boat. With a 7:1 reel I can reel up the slack fast enough when the bait swings towards the boat to keep from hitting the gunnel.

Update: fished my tournament this weekend with a 7:1:1 BPS PQ and i loved every second of it. Got in a lot of pitches that day and landed a good bass also.