I know the flukes or similar lures immitate injured bait fish but I am not really sure what the flipping and pitching is supposed to imitate if anything at all. Or maybe the question is what are we trying to imitate with the technic?

thanks

you're not imitating anything by flipping and pitching.  It's a technique for getting close to cover from a short distance with great acuracy, little splash, especially in tight cover.

The guy with the crazy name above is right..How'd you come up with that anyways?  

Back on topic, the idea is simply to reach fish that have in heavy cover or drop it on their heads. That way the fish doesn't have time to decide what the lure is or is not. He is forced to quickly decide to attack or ignore.

But if you want to help yourself out you can think of the lure being anything. Pick a color that makes the lure look like a crayfish or bream that is falling from cover above. Whatever helps boost your confidence can't hurt. You never know when you miss a pitch or don't land exactly on the fish but the fish hits it anyways cause you imitated the prey so well.

Mottfia

I have found that the actual bait has little importance in these techniques. As long as it is a compact bait for heavy cover(helps slide in the cover better). If it is more scattered than any plastic will do. I concentrate more on the color of the lure. You are looking for a reaction strike when flippin' and pitchin'. Most of the time the fish will react and take the lure on the initial fall. Sensitive rods are a must to feel the subtle bites. Since you are targeting a little bit bigger fish with these techniques, strong gear is necessary to extract the fish from the cover.

I have found that the actual bait has little importance in these techniques. As long as it is a compact bait for heavy cover(helps slide in the cover better). If it is more scattered than any plastic will do. I concentrate more on the color of the lure. You are looking for a reaction strike when flippin' and pitchin'. Most of the time the fish will react and take the lure on the initial fall. Sensitive rods are a must to feel the subtle bites. Since you are targeting a little bit bigger fish with these techniques, strong gear is necessary to extract the fish from the cover.

I can agree with this statement. I preffer not to use jigs when most people do. Latley I have been using 1/2 and 3/4 oz parasite weights on paca craws to punch through the cover and that seems to work fine for me.

thanks for commenting guys. that sure helps, in my mind I tought it was supposed to be like a land animal falling in the water but the part that didn't make much sense to me it that we use a crawdad or worm.