Kyle Welcher's Guide to Flipping for Bass
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- "If there's was one way that I could fish every single tournament and have confidence that I'm gonna get paid and have a shot to win, it's gotta be flipping." Words of wisdom from the 2023 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Title, Kyle Welcher. He shares his philosophy on flipping for bass (technically pitching) and why it's the best method to catch bass across a varied playing field.
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Welcher delves into the intricacies of the flipping and pitching technique. While many associate flipping with grass, log jams, or laydowns, Welcher showcases its versatility. As he says, "It's not situational." It's all about putting a bait on a good-looking target with speed and precision.
For Welcher, flipping is a reaction technique. He uses a heavier-than-average weight to trigger strikes, then gives it just a few seconds before moving on. Because of this, he can cover lots of water in a hurry, which is not usually associated with flipping and pitching. He'll only soak a bait longer in super-heavy cover and deeper water. The underlying theme? Adaptability.
When many anglers prefer fishing moving baits such as weedless swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and bladed and swim jigs, flipping offers alternate routes to success. There are usually some bass that are unwilling to chase down a bait. For this reason, Welcher relies on flipping presentations to fish behind other anglers or even circle back through an area he's fished. Vertically presented lures are ideal when targeting bass waiting in ambush adjacent to cover; they also excel around cover in current situations where you cannot get another bait.
While flipping rods for bass can vary, Welcher has refined his setup to a proven winner. He details his setup, opting for an 8.3:1 casting reel spooled with a strong fluorocarbon line. A high-speed reel facilitates more casts and maintains tension when bass rocket toward you. The cornerstone is a balanced, heavy-power, fast-action rod that delivers both bite detection and backbone for controlling the fight.
Lastly, a half-ounce tungsten weight gets it done most of the time, but Welcher will upsize based on the cover. He prefers flipping with a 5/0 straight shank hook and pairing it with his go-to flipping plastics, a CrushCity Brono Bug in this situation.
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Kyle is just a down to earth, cool dude. Big fan of Team Welcher!
Congrats on AOY. Man Kyle breaks things down so good
Congratulations on your AOY win Kile. Enjoyed the tip for flipping.
Congrats on AOY Kyle keep up the great vids..
Congrats to you and hunter on your AOY!
I love that boat
Solid fish for Neely 🤣🤣.
Good dude, good video, technically this is pitching
Great show as always man, what was the name of that bait dude,I have been using the osp dolive but they are hard to get. I want more availability and that bait looks great.
Rapala Crush City Bronco Bug, its new out of iCast this year, so not available yet, but available for preorder on tackle warehouse.
Hope this helped🤙🏻
That lure looks like the bronco bug did Jacob let you borrow some lol
K-Dub's the goat
Synonyms bro 😎
What’s his go to weight for flipping ? 1:4, 3/8,5/16 or 1/2
He said 1/2 tungsten
Serious inquiry here hopefully y'all can help
I'd like to know if this is considered a pegged texas rig or a florida rig.
Local fl guy here. (To answer your question yes it’s a pegged Texas rig or Florida rig.)
Basically- (bobber stopper, desired weight, proper flipping hook, and preferred soft plastic.)
in this example it’s likely a 1/2 oz to 5/16, with a 3 or 4 ot flipping hook and crush city’s bronco bug. It’s more of a pitching technique here In fl.
It’s not flipping. It’s not pitching. It’s DOBBIN!!! He said what he said!!!! 😤😤😤😤
Ripping that fish right out of the water. ☠️
Can we just scratch the word PITCHING then from now on? Because this is technically pitching, but nobody calls it that anymore.
Very true. I just morphed flipping and pitching together in one category. Punching is when I actually “flip”.
I wouldn’t be too upset about 2023 AOY calling flipping the wrong term. He’s def flipping his bait to the desired location
Flipping / pitching is subjective. To me it’s all the same.. it’s the CQB of bass fishing. Punching is all out war 🤣
Are you gonna get into the ffs debate?
First
OSP DoLIve Craw knock off hahaha ... when rapala knock that bait off, it breaks my heart, because i respect rapala a lot, but the truth is this show how big company cares about making money more and less about moral and respect
Americans don't like when China rips off America but think it's fine for them to rip off Japan just because "it's made in murica"🤣🗿
😂😂😂😂 Japan does not invent anything and they never have. They’re really good at taking things that exist and making them better but they never invent anything so if anyone’s copying something from Japan, just know Japan, probably copied it from them first.😂
@@CarolinaReaperr Japan is literally the number one country when it comes to robotics🤣
Keep deepthroating your nonsense 🙃