Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
For me, "one poling" is either casting, vertical jigging, Vertical Casting, or "flipping" a jig (* what I do when Livescope fishing). And then there's those rare occasions when I troll with "one pole" in hand.

I think it's mostly a reactive name to distinguish between using "one pole" and using multiple poles, in most people's minds.
Based on this:

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/tenn...hing-drumking/

… it's any method you choose as long as you're only using one rod at a time.