Spinning Rod Balance

[BassCats]

What is the best balancing rod for this spinning reel? I have either a 25 or 30 sized pflueger President spinning reel.

 

I bought a diawa laguna rod for it when I didn't have any money. But this rod does not balance well at all with reel. 

 

Budget is under $300.

 

 

[Hi Salenity]

I wouldn't get caught up with balance. To me it's almost irrelevant. If I'm casting or reeling I it will never balance. It will only truly balance while dead sticking.

That said if your looking at St Croix the LTB is more tip heavy than the extreme

I'd find a nice 7'ML rod and call it a day!

[Cgrinder]

7' M or ML St. Croix is a good place to start.

[bigbill]

I think that balancing a spinning rod setup is very important. If you search for it a lot of good info comes up. Bill

[derekxec]

i dont get too concerned with it..and sometimes i like a little more of the weight to be in the butt end

[SirSnookalot]

I wouldn't get caught up with balance. To me it's almost irrelevant. If I'm casting or reeling I it will never balance. It will only truly balance while dead sticking.

That said if your looking at St Croix the LTB is more tip heavy than the extreme

I'd find a nice 7'ML rod and call it a day!

As long as it's comfortable the balance for me does not have to be perfect, using lures of different weights it's going to change anyway.  I actually find a bit tip heavy loads the rod up better.  

[Fishes in trees]

So many different guys have so many different ideas about what is and what ain't a balanced rig it ain't funny.   If a rod feels good to you, then it is balanced ok for you.  When you go to buy a new rod, take your reel with you and try it on different rods.  If the store won't let you do that then go to another store.

[Darren.]

For me, balance is very important. I also don't use a lot of techniques like other guys, primarily worm fishing, TX, wacky, split shot. Some jigging.

 

I want a tip light rod for everything I do. Lifting that extra weight when jigging a worm, etc., over and over and over = more pain. So one of the ways to manage that for me is lighter equipment, light tipped rods.

 

I'm currently using a balancer from BPS on my St. Croix Premier. It adds weight overall, but makes it tip manageable. Prefer a lighter setup when I can afford one.