Have heard this phrase used several times - but have found people to mean different things ~

 

I've heard people say this rod has some tip - meaning its soft enough to cast a lighter lure far. 

 

Have also heard some people say this rod has some tip - meaning it's stiffer and you can really drive a hook deep. 

 

Opposite meanings for the same phrase - what's your interpretation??

No clue never heard that term!

Tom

I've heard "just the tip" but I don't think we can talk about that kind of stuff here. 

Never heard of it either

It’s gotta be one of those regional terms..

 

I say Tounament, others say derby

I say reeds, others say toulee

I say cat tails others say bull rush 

I say stiff others say “some tip”

I say soft others say “some tip”

 

It’s confusin Man!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

58 minutes ago, Mike L said:

Never heard of it either

It’s gotta be one of those regional terms..

 

I say Tounament, others say derby

I say reeds, others say toulee

I say cat tails others say bull rush 

I say stiff others say “some tip”

I say soft others say “some tip”

 

It’s confusin Man!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

I watch a lot of youtube fishing and everyone says "pockets" or "backs of pockets".

 

Up around here I simply call that a bay.

 

Maybe I've been wrong my whole life, wouldn't surprise me (or my wife).

@WRB and @Mike L I just watched the video Glenn posted recently with Michael Neale who I believe used the term for one of the rods he was using …

My H-F pitching stick has a nice, flexible tip for skipping baits and making quiet presentations. My XH-XF frog rod could double as a pool cue. But they both got some tip.

It’s pretty simple. A rod needs a soft enough tip that gets to the backbone at just the right point. 

I like the regional difference that most of the country says catfish, up here it's hornpout. No matter what you call it, it still taste's good.

If it is a multi piece rod, it sure is nice to have the tip section.

That rod has some balls😎

Tom

22 minutes ago, jbmaine said:

I like the regional difference that most of the country says catfish, up here it's hornpout. No matter what you call it, it still taste's good.

“Ditch Pickles” and “Corn Snakes!”

1 hour ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

 

I watch a lot of youtube fishing and everyone says "pockets" or "backs of pockets".

 

Up around here I simply call that a bay.

 

Maybe I've been wrong my whole life, wouldn't surprise me (or my wife).

Pocket, cut, cove, etc.

Tom

1 minute ago, WRB said:

Pocket, cut, cove, etc.

Tom

“Back there were big red hooked that big alligator gar”

 

Thats Alabama translation for what @WRB put above. You’re welcome.

I'm in the camp mentioned already of a rod with a slightly lighter tip that allows for casting or pitching a bait easier or more accurately, but not necessarily a lighter one - think frog rod or a pitching/flipping rod with what Denny Brauer referred to as 80/20 action - just enough tip to be accurate and/or quiet while still having plenty of backbone. 

26 minutes ago, Smirak said:

“Back there were big red hooked that big alligator gar”

 

Thats Alabama translation for what @WRB put above. You’re welcome.

 

Yeah I'm definitely jealous of how some of you Southerners talk.

 

One weekend I was walking around the house always saying "Got-to-mighty". LOL

 

I also need to start saying "Big'un" when I hook onto something big. 

Ive never hear anyone refer to a stiff rod as "having tip."  It generaly always means the rod has give at the top.  Maybe it depends on the region.

For example, I spent all my money on drip, but it turned out to be swag.

 

I’ve heard the phrase, actually have used it, although referring to a “soft tip” in a crappie rod. It’s a good description for rods ranging between 8 to 10 foot as the difference can be minute.

4 hours ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

It generally always means the rod has give at the top

This is the answer.