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WEST CRAVEN HIOHUGHTS — SEPTEMBER 15.1088 — PAGE 3
with the pros
In recent years, the technique
of "flipping" has become one of
the most effective ways of catch
ing spooky bass out of thick cov
er in shallow water. Basically, it
is a variation of vertical jigging in
dingy water with a plastic worm
or jig, and it has been credited
with numerous national tourna
ment victories.
Even more recently, tourna
ment anglers have modified the
flipping technique, changing it
for use in clear, shallow water
where bass are extremely wary.
This new technique has been
named “pitching", and it is best
described as long-distance flip
ping.
"The advantages of flipping
.-tm that they let an angler present
a lure very quietly, naturally, and
accurately to a bass,” explains
Evinrude Outboards Pro Staff
member Denny Brauer.
“While flipping is normally
done right beside the boat, the
pitching places the lure 30 or 40
feet away with the same accuracy
and quiet approach. When bass
are shallow in clear water lakes
with heavy cover, or when bass
are spooky because of heavy
fishing pressure, pitching is an
excellent way to approach
them.”
Brauer, recognized as one of
the nation’s experts at flipping
and pitching, points out that
pitching isn’t difficult to learn,
ei^er, although gaining accura-
-Ij^will take practice. ’The best
pitchers, he says, can consistent
ly drop a jig into a paper cup at 40
feet.
To learn pitching, Brauer re
commends using a long 7 or IVi-
foot rod as in flipping, although
shorter casting rods can also be
used. Open face spinning outfits
work extremely well and are
used by some pros.
“Pull about three feet of line off
the tip of your rod,” instructs
Brauer, "and begin by holding
the rod parallel to the water, just
like you’d be starting a normal
overhead cast. Bring the rod up
sharply to about the 11 o’clock
position, and then make a quick
flick of the wrist, bringing the
rod down like an underhand roll
cast.
“It’s really easier to do than to
describe,” Brauer laughs, "but
what you want to do is send the
lure out low over the water the
same as in flipping. You might
even describe pitching as a
speeded-up flip. You use the
speed of your wrist and rod
movement to give the lure
momentum.”
Lure control is done by feath
ering the reel and by raising or
lowering the rod. Basically,
however, the rod should be
pointing at the intended target as
the iure lands.
“The most critical aspect of
pitching,” believes Brauer, “is
developing an awareness of what
your lure is doing. In flipping,
most of the lure movement is ver
tically, but in pitching the lure
moves horizontally.
“Actually, once your jig or
worm lands after a pitch, most of
the time you crawl it along the
bottom or through the cover just
ayrou would after a regular over-
liSid cast. What pitching does is
let you put your lure in the same
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Each scout in the troop will be
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New Presideht
Of AMA Speaks
At East Carolina
GREENVILLE—A speech by
the newly elected president of
the American Medical Associa
tion and a discussion of the na
tion’s health care allocation crisis
was the highlight the 10th
Annual Health Law Forum
Wednesday at the East Carolina
University School of Medicine.
During the morning session,
participants in the allocation cri
sis — including representatives
of hospitals, physicians, private
and government insurers, andi
federal regulators — tackled!
sensitive issues involved in how
to budget the nation’s health
care doUars. ’The session began at!
8:45 a.m. in the auditorium of the
Brody Medical Sciences
Building.
spot os casting, but without any
noise or splash, and with more
accuracy.”
Unlike flipping, notes Brauer,
anglers often pitch a lure repe-
aWly to the same spot, a techni
que frequently necessary to
tempt spooky bass into striking.
”1 can remember several
tournaments on Florida’s Lake
Okeechobee that have been won
by pitching,” says Brauer. “The
water there is very ciear and the
bass often hold around small
clumps of grass in water less than
three feet deep.
"We’d pitch worms to them
four or five times, crawling the
lure through the grass, before
we’d finally get a strike.
"You couldn’t move closer to
the weeds to make a flip, nor
could you make a regular over
hand cast, because either one
would spook the flsh.”
Boat control is extremely im
portant in pitching, says the
Evinrude Motors pro, because an
angler has to realize when he’s
close enough to make an efficient
pitch. This comfort range of
fishing developes with practice,
and as an angler becomes more
and more efficient, his pitching
distance will increase.
Brauer recommends anglers
work their lures with rods
pointed high because of the in
creased sensitivity this gives. He
also believes pitching fishermen
should become dedicated line
watches.
“You won’t always get a bone-
jarring strike,” he says. “Often,
you won’t even feel anything, but
if you watch your line and de-
velope an awareness of what
your lure is always doing, you’ll
see strikes.
“As you’re learning to pitch
and work a lure, don’t hesitate to
set the hook if you think you may
have a bite. It doesn’t cost any
thing to swing your rod, and it
only takes a split second to learn
if you’re right.”
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Sept. ISwillbethelastopportun-
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others to apply for a commenced
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A commenced determination
means a determination made by
the county committee of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
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had begun being cleared before
Dec. 23, 1985.
Any individual who has farm
land that was partially cleared
prior to that date and wishes to
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Producers who clear land and
plant a row crop or program crop
on the land will not be eligible for
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termination from the county
committee.
All farms will be checked in the
near future by the Soil Conserva
tion Service for compiiance with
regulations.
Farmers are encouraged to
apply for a determination if they
had land they began clearing b^
fore the target date.
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