I think the people who are advising you are overcomplicating it. 90% of the
pros I've fished with used a flipping stick for pitching. As they went
along the bank or through the weedbed, they shifted seamlessly from
pitching to flipping and back again, depending on the distance too and
layout of the next likely target, without ever missing a beat. The few I've
ever seen use a dedicated rod for pitching never picked up a flipping stick
at all.

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