Quote Originally Posted by "G" View Post
I have always heard that called Pitching
No, Pitching is holding the bait in one hand and pushing it forward at the same time you lift the rod upwards to propel the bait towards the target spot. Flipping is pulling out line with one hand and swinging the bait forward with the upward lift of the rod, then releasing the hand held line to allow the bait to propel forward.

Pitching is normally done with the reel in free spool, while Flipping is done with the reel engaged & a measured amount of line already pulled out of the reel.

I suppose one could refer to what my buddies & I are doing as either one ... but it's more closely associated with the Flipping technique because we're not holding the baits in our hands before launching it forward. We are pulling out line with the off hand, but leaving the bail open ... for extra distance, when needed, and to allow the baits to fall on slack line when necessary. So, what we're doing is not "exactly" Flipping, in the Bass fishing sense, but just a borrowed terminology for a similar technique.