Instead of using a standard 7 and a half foot flipping stick, I use an 8 foot Lamiglass flipping stick, just because the simple fact that is the extra six inches helps me to flip two feet further than everybody else. So if the fish are a little spooky like in the deep western lakes that I like, the clear ones, I get to stand back off of them a little bit further, and flip in there. I seem to catch a few more fish that way.By: Walker Agency