I have a guy that wants a rod built that he can pitch and skip 1/2 oz. jigs. Any blank recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Pitchin rods and skipping rods together in one bĺank is pretty rare. I find a softer XF tip to be advantageous for skipping. One would be the Point Blank PB691MHXF, the United Composites UW 70MHXF worm rod blank if he needs additional durability, but my choice would be the NFC MB 705-1 HM.

That's why I was asking the question. I'm kinda lost as to what would be good for that combo. Thanks for the suggestion.

You can pitch cast with every rod in your arsenal. If you feel you need a particular length, power, action to get the accuracy and lure speed to skip well just follow that path. 

On my personal pitching stick (MH) is 5'11 from the tip to the reel seat and from there it ends up being 7'2".  My body height is 5'11. So I needed to be able to make a pitch with out the rod being in the water (fishing from a boat). Of all the custom rods where you need to gather data...pitching is one of them.