How do you determine rod & reel balance?

[mayassa]

I thought I would balance one of my rigs but never did I always liked the light weight feel of everything as a whole, maybe I will try it over the holidays

[dodgeguy]

use the slide on butcaps bps has.if you don,t like it just take it off.you have to be fair about it and fish with it for about a month.

[Wayne P.]

You can do it cheaply also. Some of my rods have balancers that I made. I got some plastic chair leg tips from Lowe's that were close to the diameter of my rod butts. I then bought some lead egg sinkers in 3/4 oz,1 oz and 1 1/2 oz. I put the sinkers on a concrete floor with the hole verticle and whacked them with a hammer until they were the diameter of the inside of the chair leg tips. Then I inserted one of the weights into the chair leg tips and slipped it on the rod butt to check for balance. Most of the time the 1 oz. was the correct size. A wrap of tennis racket handle tape keeps them in place.

[mayassa]

Thats a good idea, I can try it with out messing up my rods