Here in Texas I use a 7' St. Croix Avid in MH fast tip paired with a Shimano Castaic flipping reel. It has served me well for many years in the thickest stuff dam thing is a pool cue. It's well earned nick name is jawbreaker anything less than 5 lbs it tends to rip a bass' jaw apart with a hard hook set. Discovering Owner cutting point hooks allows me to lighten up alot on hookset just a pull gets it done without rippin jaws.

I am short at 5'8" anything longer than 7' causes me issues with banging the rod on the boat when pitching. Me just a few inches taller and that problem would not exist.

Flipping has several meanings to different people. Flipping involves dropping a lure into the middle of thick cover by using heavy line fished on a long rod. Pitching is a similar technique, but there is a difference. Flipping is a matter of engaging the reel, holding the line in your hand, and making a controlled flip or drop into a target nearby. Pitching involves making longer pitches of 25 yards or more. Punching is another close-in technique using a heavy weight to penetrate thick cover. The rod you use for flipping depends on the cover you are going to flip.

Hope you find what you are looking for because it is a seriously fun and productive method for catching bass.

Here in Texas I use a 7' St. Croix Avid in MH fast tip paired with a Shimano Castaic flipping reel. It has served me well for many years in the thickest stuff dam thing is a pool cue. It's well earned nick name is jawbreaker anything less than 5 lbs it tends to rip a bass' jaw apart with a hard hook set. Discovering Owner cutting point hooks allows me to lighten up alot on hookset just a pull gets it done without rippin jaws.

I am short at 5'8" anything longer than 7' causes me issues with banging the rod on the boat when pitching. Me just a few inches taller and that problem would not exist.

I don't think a MH rod would be considered a flipping stick. Flipping sticks are generally used to flip into heavy cover. I think most guys that are serious into flipping will have a rod that is 7ft at its shortest. I would say go with anything that is 7'3-8ft in heavy action with a fast tip. You want a rod that has a lot of strength to pull those fish out of the heaviest cover. You also want it to have a fast tip. A lot of the bites you get when flipping come on the fall so you want a rod that reacts fast to the bite. That's just my opinion though. I am in the market for a new flipping stick and I will be looking at the Fitzgerald rods. Those were designed for fishing Okochobee which is full of heavy vegatation.