Best rod for skipping weightless lizards or 1/16 oz Texas rig with pegged weight? 

My "skipping" rod is a Cashion ICON Worm and Jig rod that's 6'9" MH-F.  My other rods are all 7' and longer.  I can't skip good with any of them.  I'm 5'9".  I'm thinking length for skipping is probably more important than action.   I'd like to try a shorter rod, 6'6" or so with a little bit lighter action, but what I've got works good for me.  I skip weightless wackys, light pegged t-rigs, shaky heads and lipless cranks with this rod.   I can't cast light stuff very far with this rod, but I can skip pretty much anything....skippable 50 feet or so.   

 

 

Added: I use a Shimano SLX XT reel for skipping.   

I don't really have a specific skipping rod but have a few different ones that I like skipping with. One is a Kistler Helium 6'9" Light MH. Rated 3/16-5/8. Should work well for the lures you're talking about. Also have skipped with a 6'10" Zodias MH. Zodias might be a hair too powerful for weightless senkos but for anything that falls in its weight range it's great. Agree with the above comment that the sub 7' rods are easiest to skip.

I use a spinning rig when I fish around docks, MH/fast 6’6” Ugly Stick. I was using a, 6’ M/ fast, but it felt soft when trying to pull them out from around the structure. I felt I skipped the shorter rod better, and more accurate too. 
 

That light, use a spinning rod. I like a shorter one for that. 6’6”. You probably want a medium for what you are describing. Beyond that, don’t overthink it. You don’t need to buy a whole rod just to try and skip better. Especially when it comes to spinning. Most of those are going to skip just fine. 

I use a St Croix Premier 7’ Medium for skipping. It’s pretty stout for a medium and would handle that lure setup easily. Have also used the 6’6 Medium in that line with success, but the longer rod is better for me. 

Skipping is all in the tip - the rod taper should be fast progressive with a relatively soft tip.  

My answer is niche-specific, and it's probably not going to be your answer - both from kayak, cypress overhang in tight rivers, and mangroves in salt marsh.  

Direct comparison, I've found S-glass skips better than graphite, at least partly because these rods will cast-off-the-tip weights lower than their rating.  The rods have a low-end rating of 3/16 or 1/4 oz - all the S-glass will skip 1/8 oz, none of the graphite will.  

My craziest tight-river example is 4'10" OL, the butt-half is graphite, with a seamless swap to S-glass tip.  

13 hours ago, GRiver said:

I use a spinning rig when I fish around docks, MH/fast 6’6”

This is what I use too.  I primarily skip soft weightless plastics such as wacky/neko or tubes.

 

I prefer a MH over a M for the power/backbone needed when a sizable bass is hooked under a dock.  I immediately attempt to horse them away from the sharp edges and fight the fish in more open water.  If you don't get them away from the docks/posts/lifts, they will wrap around there quickly and you will lose the fish.

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