8-10 Ft. Rods?

With the new BASS rules allowing longer than 8 ft rods, is anyone using these for cranking or flipping? Just curious. 'spoon

I don't have any longer than 8, I have a hook spit rod that is 8 ft, for deep crankbaits. It makes the casting and retrieve a lot easier. 9 might be ok, but a 10ft rod would be a pain in the arse in the boat.

I honestly don't know if I want a 9-10ft rod or not.

I have one I use for crappie and bream that's 10 foot.
I've had it for many years.

I have an 8 for cranks. Nothing bigger though.

I have some 8's for frogging and swimbaits. Over 9 seems cumbersome

I have few 8' punching, flipping, deep cranking and swimbait rods. Really don't see a need for anything overy that for me.

I agree. Over 8ft would just be too long for my front deck.

I have the 8'8" cranking rod from St Croix and it sure makes fishing the Deep running cranks easier and can throw it a long ways. But that being said its only used for those situations so don't have it out much unless I'm on TB, Fork or Rayburn.

I got a few 8' rods and ain't going any longer than that.

Yep ...I recently got the 9'2"-flipping Rod the 9-foot spinning rod and the 10ft crankbait rod from Eagle Claw. (Skeets). They are all telescoping rods... And they have already paid for themselves tournament dollars

I have an older Castaway 8ft "Coastal special series" rod w/a Lew's super duty that gets double duty with DD cranks and Croaker/Surf fishing.

Like many above I use an 8' rod for big deep diving crankbaits but don't see myself going longer at least not for casting from a boat. That being said: I remember the day when we thought a pistol griped 6' to 6 1/2' was pretty standard and a 7' rod was really long. Now I use 7' 3" casting rods all day long for just about everything. Never say never!

How long are they closed?? My old Triton was not made for rods much over 7'.

Spook..the 9'2" Flipper drops down to 7'6".. and has a clever patented keeper..

First, thanks for the responses. Fishcharmer, how do those long rods balance out? My longest flipping sticks today are 8 ft and can be a little tip heavy. When I find a pressure bite pattern, tip heavy rods can cost me fish as I will end up putting more pressure on them than I intend to and miss them. Some rod makers are now putting weight into the butt section of the blanks to help with balance. However it comes with a price in that rod weight often gets pretty heavy. The old add on balancers could balance any rod but sometimes you had to add as many lead inserts as it would hold and you could really feel the extra weight. Fatigue was a constant issue when flipping all day, especially in grass with big weights. Just curious as to your experiences with this. Thanks, 'spoon