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Home Fishing Tips How to Decide to Flip With a Punch Skirt

How to Decide to Flip With a Punch Skirt

Ryan DeChaine
Sep 21, 2015

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Punch skirts essentially make a flipping presentation into a jig profile that fishes cleaner through heavy cover than a standard jig. There are times however where any additional bulk causes the presentation to hang up, especially when punching mats or working a flipping presentation through heavy cover. Elite Series pro Randall Tharp shares his take on when you should and shouldn’t use a punch skirt as part of your setup.

Ryan DeChaine

Ryan began his fishing industry career with Lindner Media Productions, gaining nearly a decade of unparalleled experience creating dynamic and compelling television programming and video production promoting the sport fishing industry. DeChaine oversees the strategy, creation, and publishing of video content on the website and social media platforms. Outside of work, DeChaine and his wife Jillian raise their three children around an active outdoor lifestyle in the lake-rich and forested lands of northern Minnesota.