Spinning rod structure, balancing

Correct casting of a spinning rod allows you to use all the capabilities of the gear and the reservoir, which makes the emotional return from fishing maximum. Having learned the basics of spinning casting, a novice angler will minimize the possibility of entanglements and snags, will be less tired and will bring smiles to the faces of luminaries. And a spinning player who has gained some experience will be able to make accurate linear and point casts, increasing his catch.

Basic rules for spinning casting

Place for casting

An important criterion for the success of any fishing, and especially spinning fishing, is its location.

Ideally, it should meet the following requirements:

• Security;
• Convenience;
• Catchability.

The safety of casting with a spinning rod should exclude the possibility of accidental snagging of yourself, other people and animals. Also, sometimes accidents happen with wet fishing line snagging electrical lines, which you need to be especially careful with.

In addition, you need to pay attention to shoes, weather, soil and its inclination. In wet weather, on clayey, sloping banks with vigorous casting, it is very easy to slip and get injured.

Particular attention is paid to the safety of casting from the water surface: you can fall from the boat or puncture the inflatable side, and when casting in fishing suits from a wade (when using a military OZK), there is a danger of turning over when entering water more than hip-deep - this is extremely dangerous.

In some cases, the comfort of the area can be neglected, but if there is a choice of a more convenient coastline with the absence of lush and overhanging coastal vegetation, then it is better to cast there.

The catchability of a spinning fishing spot often depends on good knowledge of it, which is achieved through observations, questioning and experience. It is very desirable to be able to recognize the range of a roll, the approximate depth, and learn the locations of washouts, holes and snags. An echo sounder and depth gauge are very helpful in studying the water area. Spinning fishing can be carried out both in large expanses of water and in very small bodies of water.

Usually the fish likes to stay a few meters from the beginning of the roll, where you need to take into account the strength of the current and balance it by reeling. In the warm season, good results are obtained by casting from boats from the shore to the middle of the water, as well as vigorously moving baits over thickets of algae.

If it is possible to fish with a spinning rod near dam structures, especially in large bodies of water , then there is a high probability of getting very significant trophies. At dams you can fish on both sides of the spillways. Perch and pike stay in quiet places, avoiding areas of falling water, and pike perch likes to walk in places where the water pressure weakens. Catfish, ide and goloval are caught with bottom wires, and asp with top wires.

In ordinary bodies of water, steep banks, areas of drift and depth changes with holes and banks are considered particularly catchy places. Various underwater ridges are fished with perpendicular movements, rather than longitudinal ones. In general, more successful fishing is always achieved by transverse fishing, rather than parallel to the current.

Certain reliable fishing spots need to be noted (best by photographing them on your phone and marking them on an electronic map). Sometimes, in deserted places, fishermen place guide buoys for designated casting points. Spinning fishing, as an active sport, involves trial fishing of all potentially fishing places, regardless of their type: appearance can be deceiving.

For example, abandoned industrial pits or small ponds and rivers can unexpectedly yield significant fish on test runs, especially for pike and perch. But in shallow places, and especially on various shallows, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to catch anything other than a small, rare pike perch. As the spinner gains experience, he learns to intuitively discern potentially fishy terrain.

Balance of tackle when casting

The comfort of using spinning tackle largely depends on its balancing. In this case, balancing means the center of gravity of the entire rod as a whole.

Optimal rod-to-reel ratios fall into three categories:

1. Weight. By moving the spinning rod along the edge of your palm, you find its center of gravity: the closer this point is to the grip of the handle, the better - with a well-balanced spinning rod you can fish for a long time without arm fatigue.
2. Power. Depending on the weight and length of the spinning rod, the size (powerful or light) of the reel is selected. For example, a reel size with markings of 2500 units. considered the most universal, suitable for spinning blanks with dough from 25 to 30 g.
3. Sensitivity. Determined by the optimal casting accuracy and distance. The most casting spinning rods with a balanced handle and good acceleration are capable of throwing out the equipment completely without the use of centrifugal force, achieving a long casting distance with minimal effort. And the absence of excessive oscillatory impulses will ensure high throwing accuracy. The lighter the entire spinning structure, the higher its sensitivity, which is why light and balanced tackle is so highly valued.

Basic methods of spinning casting

Horizontal casting with a spinning rod

Usage

It is used when it is necessary to reach some remote place in open and spacious water. It has an advantage in windy weather, especially with strong side and counter gusts. This is the simplest and easiest type of casting, recommended for use by beginners.

Technique

Horizontal or side casting can be performed in two ways:

• Right side cast;
• Left side cast.

For a right side cast, you need to ensure a 35-45 cm overhang of the equipment with the tip of the spinning rod lowered at 35-45°. The position of the body can be lateral or semi-lateral, relative to the target. When casting, the reel is rotated along its axis downwards, with the spinning rod's blank gently retracted behind the back, and then, with a short energetic fly fishing, the equipment is thrown into the intended place of impact. The tip of the rod must be kept on the casting line until the bait splashes down.

For the left side cast, you need to do the same, but from the inside. The cast is performed from inside the body with a less energetic swing and with even less accuracy. Used occasionally in cases of limited maneuver space.

When using both types of casting, there is no need to swing the spinning rod, in which the reel becomes the axis of its rotation. The movement of the reel must be strictly progressive, otherwise the equipment can yaw widely in both directions, giving large inaccuracies in casting.

Peculiarities

Horizontal casts usually have a long range and power. With their help, the most remote points of the water area are reached, especially when using two-handed spinning rods. This type of casting involves the maximum use of centrifugal force when throwing, which greatly reduces the accuracy of hitting the target. But where special precision is not needed, it can be successfully used.

Horizontal side casting of a spinning rod

Vertical casting with a spinning rod

Usage

Provides both fairly high power and high accuracy. It is used as the main classical method and in cases where it is necessary to send equipment exactly along a certain vector with high accuracy and long range, for fishing linear edges of vegetation, for example. This is the most common and universal casting method used by fishermen with some experience.

Technique

To perform this cast, you need to remove the line from the reel in accordance with the planned casting range. The general rule: “the longer the etched rig before casting, the greater the momentum” is true for all casting options.

Having placed the reel between the ring and index fingers and tilting the spinning rod forward, you need to catch the moment of the dead swing of the rig and at this time make a throw, gently moving the form behind your back a little obliquely and also gently, but a little more sharply sending the bait to the right place. When throwing, the index finger necessarily controls the movement of the fishing line and weakens it at the moment the equipment takes off, but does not let go until it splashes down.

When the bait touches the water surface, the line coming off is stopped by the spool using the index finger and the line guide is closed. When the bait reaches the required depth, you can carry out a spinning retrieve.

When using a short spinning rod with a rigid blank on which a heavy reel is installed, especially with a clear imbalance and rotational play, it is very problematic to perform a vertical cast - the equipment will only “peck” the water very close to the angler.

Peculiarities

Allows casting in places with dense coastal vegetation and narrow openings. Not particularly suitable for overhanging branches of trees or other objects. It is distinguished by an increased degree of danger because the fisherman does not see the equipment at the moment it begins to be sent.

Therefore, this type of casting is recommended to be used after mastering the safer side method. You also need to take into account that the division of casts into vertical and horizontal is quite arbitrary, as diagonal casts are very often used, combining the features of vertical and horizontal options.

Pendulum casting with a spinning rod

Usage

In general terms, the casting technique is quite simple. In this option, oscillatory-inertial forces and the weight of the bait are directly used. It is used when fishing nearby areas of the water area when it is impossible to use other methods, as well as by experienced spinners when the highest accuracy of hitting the target is required.

Technique

This casting is carried out according to the pendulum principle, for which it is necessary to create the most optimal pendulum from a blank and equipment with bait - usually the length of the line release is on average 180 cm.

Raising his right hand, the fisherman gives the initial swing impulse to the pendulum and, when the bait reaches the rear dead center of the swing, gives a short, sharp acceleration to the last amplitude of the swing outward, accompanying the oscillatory impulse with his hand in the direction of sending the bait.

In this case, the pushing force is transferred to the tip of the blank and to the undergrowth, ensuring that the equipment is launched in the desired direction with great accuracy. During the flight of the bait, you need to correct its direction by removing or holding your index finger on the reel or line.

Peculiarities

The pendulum cast requires very little physical effort. At the same time, classic pendulum casting is only possible with a long (at least 3 m) spinning rod and only with a spinning reel. Pendulum casting allows you to send bait at a maximum distance of 15-20 m, so it is not used very often.

Pendulum casting of a spinning rod

Catapult casting with a spinning rod

Usage

This cast uses mainly the shock absorption force of the rod blank, similar to the principle of a bow or catapult. It is used infrequently, as an alternative to pendulum casting in completely cramped conditions for a normal throw, or, if you have good experience, to perform ultra-precise sends of bait to a given point. This type of casting is not simple and requires preliminary training with the exact rod from which the ejection throws are planned.

Technique

To perform such a cast, you need to release the equipment to the optimal distance, taking into account the length of the blank, so that you can create a comfortable bow tension. Carefully grasping the safe parts of the last hook of the bait, you should direct the tip of the spinning rod to the right place and tighten the fishing line like a bowstring.

Having adjusted the position and checked the safety of the grip, sharply release the bait, sending it with elastic force, while simultaneously following the casting direction with your hand and the rod. With some training and familiarity with your gear, this method can make extremely accurate hits with a slightly greater distance than the pendulum method.

Peculiarities

Catapult casting most likely came into spinning fishing from fly fishing. Due to the fact that the sending of the equipment is carried out only by the elastic force of the form, its characteristics play a vital role. The best results in catapult casting are shown by long rods with good elasticity and medium action. The weight of the bait should not be too heavy or too light.

Only spinning reels are used. When catapult casting, special attention should be paid to safety precautions, as there are often cases of hand injuries from sharp hooks when gripping them incorrectly.

Catapult method of casting a spinning rod

Other possible types of spinning casting

There are other less common types of spin casting. For example, a circular cast, when for the initial position of the rod it is moved with the right hand to the left side, and then a rotational movement is made with the hand around the body counterclockwise and a powerful send is made from behind the back on the right side.

The hand exit for sending can be either vertical or lateral, as well as diagonal. This type of casting is used at long distances, but without much experience it gives low accuracy rates. And this is a very traumatic method.

There are also power casts, when great physical force, a very wide scope and intense dynamics of movements are used to send, which can include body turns, steps and even short runs. Such casts are used with circular and lateral bait sending techniques and require a two-handed spinning rod. This method achieves record casting distances - up to 150 m inclusive.

There is also a loop cast, performed purely by the work of the brush and the tip of the rod, when the equipment makes an accelerating loop in the lower plane and shoots the bait forward with centrifugal force. This method requires practice and a good form test.

Sometimes a bottom cast is used, called a “pseudo-pendulum” cast, in which the line is drawn to a minimum length and the amplitude of the swing is made from the legs (or from behind the legs) forward and slightly upward. This cast is suitable for short and medium distances. It is best done from sloping banks with a short spinning rod.

For experienced spinning players, there is no strict distinction between types of casts. They most often use various combinations of several techniques, and also invent their own special methods of sending bait, but for beginners, in order to successfully improve further, it is necessary to know the basic techniques.

The hand exit for sending can be either vertical or lateral, as well as diagonal

Balancing the spinning rod

A very important indicator of the quality of the gear is the correct balance of the spinning rod and reel. A lot depends on him. A properly balanced rod makes it much easier and more enjoyable to fish, it’s easier to play along with the tip of the spinning rod, and you feel less tired at the end of the day. This is especially true when jig fishing. It initially involves stepwise retrieving of the bait: constant twitching of the tip of the spinning rod with different frequencies and strengths, alternating with pauses of different or equal duration.

The easiest way to get a balanced tackle is to buy a reel directly for a given rod (or vice versa), checking their balance in the store, that is, the location of the center of gravity.

However, this is not always possible or desirable, for example, if you received a spinning rod as a gift and want to use it with your existing favorite reels. For example, as part of the testing of FENWICK rods conducted by the magazine “Rybolov-Elite”, I received the HMG 902НХ Jig model with a test of 7-40 g and a length of 270 cm. It is clear that reels of sizes 3000-4000 (according to the classification of Japanese manufacturers) are optimal for it. however, I decided to use my size 2000 and 2500 reels with them. As practice has shown, with a little modification to the rod this is quite possible.

The advantage of balanced gear is convincingly confirmed by calculations. Let's consider the distribution of the load on the hand for the spinning rod being tested.

We will determine the center of gravity (CG) experimentally by hanging the spinning rod with the reel in the equilibrium position, and measure the distance from the end of the butt to the equilibrium point. The distance (L) to the center of gravity (CG) for a spinning rod with a reel of 2000 (250 g) with a total weight of Рн=150+250=400 g will be 0.460 m, and with a reel of 2500 (350 g) with a total weight of Рн=150+350= 500 g, L= 0.435 m.

Design balancing scheme

When jig fishing, the spinning rod is held by hand with an upper grip at the place where the reel is attached at a distance I = 0.315 m (constant value) for this spinning rod, the pylon of the reel is passed between the index and ring fingers, the butt rests on the elbow or hangs freely, and the tip of the rod makes reciprocating movements movements of varying intensity with the hand. In this case, the upper part of the spinning rod outweighs and puts pressure on the hand. The overweight load is perceived as the imaginary (apparent) weight of the rod. It represents the product of the force Pn (the total weight of the spinning rod and reel) by the shoulder L, i.e. PnL. It is counteracted by a balancing force - the product of the resistance force of the hand Pk (directed in the opposite direction upward) by the corresponding shoulder I = 0.315 m.

It is known from elementary mechanics that equilibrium will be maintained if the acting (outweighing) load and the forces balancing it are equal, i.e. PnL = PkI.

Substituting the numbers corresponding to them instead of the letter designations, we get: - for a spinning rod with a reel 2000-(400)x0.46 = Pkx0.315; — for a spinning rod with a reel 2500-(500)x0.435=Pkx0.315; from where: Rk(2000)=400x0.46/0.315=584 g, Rk(2500)=500x0.435/0.315=690 g.

This is the apparent weight of the spinning rod with two different reels, respectively.

If 100 g of lead is placed in the butt of the spinning rod, then the upper part of the spinning rod, partially balanced by an additional load (counterweight) Pp, will be unloaded and will press with force Pp (400-100 = 300 g and 500-100 = 400 g, respectively), and the center gravity TsI will move to a distance Iр2000=0.375 m and Iр2500=0.365 from the butt of the spinning rod.

Then the imaginary weight of the rod will be: РкI(2000)=300х0.375/0.315=357 g, РкI(2500)=400х0.365/0.315=463 g, and taking into account the counterweight 357+100=457 g, and 463+100= 563 g, respectively.

In other words, a spinning rod with a counterweight began to seem lighter with a 2000 reel - by 1.28 times, and with a 2500 reel - by 1.23 times, that is, by 28% and 23%, respectively.

The required amount of counterweight is determined practically. You can lay the assembled spinning rod on the crossbar at the balance point (center of gravity) and sequentially, reducing the distance (shoulder) to the butt, load, balance and record the measurements. When comparing the measurement results, you should choose an option in which the size of the counterweight will not be very large, and the distance from the center of gravity to the point of attachment of the coil will be the smallest.

I solve this issue even simpler - I wrap lead tape around the end of the handle and secure it with electrical tape. I determine the amount of metal by feeling, performing animations with a spinning rod. I choose the option that is most comfortable for me.

Summarizing the above, I note that the tackle, which consisted of the spinning rod being tested and my reels, was well balanced, but, as experimental calculations show, there is still room for improvement.

After several fishing trips, I wound about 90 g of lead onto the handle, and the spinning rod became simply ideal for me.

Author: A. Blinov

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Features of spinning casts

Spinning reels

Casting can be done from various types of spinning reels, of which there are three main varieties:

1. Inertial reel - has significant inertial force and is a simple drum for winding fishing line, sometimes equipped with a ratchet, stopper and other simple devices, allowing you to store quite a lot of fishing line;
2. Inertia-free coil - designed specifically to dampen the inertial force of the send and has a rather complex design of closed and open options;
3. A multiplier reel is a technological modification of an inertial reel, which is a powerful micro winch that can perfectly dampen inertia and lay the line without twisting it.

Inertial-free Inertial Multiplier

Casting equipment with an inertial reel. Casting when using an inertial reel differs in that at first the rotation speed of the reel and the flight of the equipment are approximately the same, and then they begin to differ.

The bait loses speed much faster than the reel, and at the moment the first one splashes down, the latter continues to spin inertially, tangling the line into “beards”. To avoid this, spinners control the speed of the reel with their index finger and stop it completely at the moment of splashdown, which sometimes requires quite a lot of effort, especially with powerful casts and heavy baits.

To learn this art, you need a lot of experience and more than one unraveled “beard.” Inertial reels require more massive baits, although there are modern lightweight models with low inertia (the lighter the weight of the drum, the lower the inertia).

Casting equipment with a spinning reel. Now the most familiar to our fishermen, the inertia-free “meat grinders” allow you to catch fish spots more comfortably and at a faster speed without making much effort and almost without worrying about the possibility of “beards” occurring.

Although such reels are called inertia-free, they do not at all guarantee the fisherman 100% protection against line tangling, especially in open structures. Inertialess reels in spinning fishing are suitable for purely sporting and recreational fishing for small and medium-sized fish, and are least suitable for landing trophy specimens.

But with such a reel it is easy to send a bait weighing only a few grams to 20-30 meters, which is impossible in the inertial version. Inertia-free reels are produced in numerous model modifications with different specializations of casting and retrieving.

The essence of marketing proposals is that the best solution would be to purchase a special spinning reel exactly for certain fishing conditions, the type of bait and the power of the blank, ignoring the principle of universality. The use of low-power, inertia-free reels for casting stubborn baits is not recommended, but for super-light gear you need delicate and sensitive reels.

When casting, the index finger also helps send, but controls not the reel drum, but the line itself at its exit, and only slowing down the line (especially when the bait enters the water) is required, and not stopping it completely. Casting equipment with a multiplier reel. This is a complex, but the most versatile and preferred option for spinning fishing.

Multiplier reels allow you to cast almost any bait (except super-light ones) to a distance of several hundred meters that is unattainable for spinning baits. Such reels do not twist the line when laying, have greater sensitivity and a soft stroke.

With their help, you can land large and very large trophies up to 60-70 kg inclusive without fear of breakage. True, the prices for these reels are quite high, and their use requires training practice. Before the first cast, manual adjustment of the braking system relative to the weight of the bait is necessary. A properly configured multicast reel usually does not require you to brake the line with your finger.

Spinning wires

A big role in spinning fishing is played by the types of bait retrieves after casting. The goal of competent wiring is to imitate as completely as possible the natural behavior of the original by the layout (bait). But this is not enough.

The wiring should not only show the natural movement of the bait, but also create its maximum attractiveness (for example, imitation of an easy catch - a wounded or weakened individual). Postings may vary depending on the weather, reservoir conditions and fish behavior.

The main spinning lines come in the following varieties:

• Stepped - imitates easy prey, ensuring the movement of the bait in zigzags, in the water column or falling to the bottom, using a rod and reel;
• Jumping - imitates a fish searching for food at the bottom with the help of sharp and short twitches of the fishing line;
• Tolerable - imitates fish drifting with the current using lightweight baits with neutral buoyancy;
• Runaway - imitates attempts to quickly retreat a fish using sharp and long jerks of the fishing line with long pauses;
• Twitching - imitates various fish behavior by using an improvised combination of all types of postings;
• Linear Retrieving - Simulates the simple, targeted movement of a fish using a simple linear movement of the bait in a selected layer of the water column.

Spinning lures

More than 50% of fishing success depends on spinning bait. There are extremely many varieties of baits, both factory-made and homemade. But the entire huge species mass of these baits is divided into types, the use of which, under certain conditions, brings greater success. The main types of spinning lures are as follows:

Spoons

The most common lures for spinning casting, imitating fish and other aquatic life, as well as their characteristic movements. Spoons differ in the type of play they have in the water, casting distance and specific purpose. Spoons are suitable for almost all types of spinning fishing, including all types of casting and retrieving.

Main groups of spinners:

• Oscillating (regular) spinners. They have a general concave petal shape and vary in color and material. They vibrate in the water with a low-frequency amplitude, thereby attracting fish. The most common group of spinners, used mainly for catching pike and perch.
• Spinning (rotating) spoons. They also have a petal shape, but the petal rotates around its axis. Used primarily for perch and pike perch.
• Castmaster spoons (plaques). They have the appearance of a flat diagonal-conical cut of a cylinder. They are distinguished by their large weight and sending range. Works great with jumping and step retrieves. Used for many types of fish.
• Devon spinners (propellers). Integral or composite structures with the introduction of protruding propeller elements, allowing them to quickly rotate around their axis. Devons require long casts and high-speed retrieves to provide torque. Fish like perch and asp are caught with this rig.
• Bladebait lures. Flat or three-dimensional imitations of insects, their larvae, as well as tadpoles. Give good results with twitching and linear wiring. Can attract all predatory and many omnivorous fish.
• Silicone and foam rubber (soft) baits (crustaceans, squid, vibrotails, twisters).

Oscillating Blade Propellers Plaques Vibrating tails and twisters Rotating

These baits also imitate various insects and their larvae. Such baits are usually attached to a jig sinker or a leader. They require a soft stroke of the reel and jumping or step jigging in the bottom layer, when casting short and medium distances. They can catch a wide variety of fish, both predatory and herbivorous.

Wobblers

Quite an extensive class of spinning lures for various types of casting and retrieving. They are made in the form of highly realistic three-dimensional models of fish fry from various materials, convenient for subsequent regulation of their buoyancy levels.

The main types of wobblers are as follows:

• Wobbler. Has neutral buoyancy. They are equipped with a blade in the front part, which allows the wobbler to make diving movements, attracting predatory fish. The size of the blade and its angle of inclination relative to the fishing line determines the diving depth of the wobbler.
• Popper. Possesses positive buoyancy. Instead of a diving blade, it has a cavity with side holes to imitate the gurgling and play of a fry on the surface of the water, provoking pike and perch to attack.
• Rattlin. Has negative buoyancy. Manufactured with complete disregard for the principle of absolute naturalness in the form of flat, smooth fish-like baits (sometimes equipped with a rattle), the hydrodynamics of which provide them with a striking unnaturalness and visibility. Many predatory fish show aggression towards atypical phenomena in the water and attack, which is what we were counting on.

Popper Rattlin Wobbler

Blitz tips

1. To ensure the optimal sending distance of the bait, you need to try to follow the “45° rule”: the line should be released at an angle of 45°. The correctness of this rule has been proven by ballistics scientists.
2. The most accurate hits with spinning equipment occur when using flat, low casting trajectories. High trajectories make it difficult to control the flight of the equipment, especially in windy weather.
3. High-precision vertical casting with increased stability is ensured by the low weight of the reel (65-75 g) and moderate elasticity of the blank. Such parameters free the drum from braking when the bait starts, giving a stable flight.
4. The height of the flight path of the equipment can be adjusted by the ratio of the weight of the bait and the length of its descent (the longer the descent and the heavier the bait, the steeper the trajectory and back).
5. When using spinning reels, you must always accurately measure the required length of line and not take too much line, which often creates tangles. And a very short line can cause undershoots, just like narrow guides or insufficient weight of the bait.
6. To avoid rubbing your fingers with fishing line, the reel stand should be wrapped in foam rubber with threads or washable glue.
7. Practice with a spinning rod on land more often, making various casts across an area free of obstacles. An excellent indicator is the ability to hit a target with a diameter of 50 cm from 10-12 m with bait.
8. Having mastered the technique of spinning fishing well and especially the technique of spinning casts , the angler begins to derive great pleasure not only from the direct process of catching fish, but also from well-aimed hits, beautiful casts and masterfully executed techniques.

Ideal balance of reel and spinning rod. How to choose a spinning reel.

All of you have repeatedly wondered how to choose the right reels for your fishing rods, and here it is important to understand that there are not so few criteria, and in general the question is not an easy one, so let’s begin to understand in more detail.

I think the main criteria are the weight of the reel and its traction capabilities. It is important to choose the weight so that the balance of the spinning rod together with the reel is at the point where your spinning grip will be, because if the balance is shifted to the top, then the spinning rod will constantly fall over and you will be forced to spend additional effort to maintain the balance of the spinning rod, and fishing will turn into torture , but there is also no point in installing too heavy coils; the balance will also shift.

It is important to immediately decide how you plan to hold a certain spinning rod, with a front grip, a grip where the leg is between the middle and ring fingers, or a grip where the reel leg will be between the ring finger and the little finger, knowing how you will hold the spinning rod, we take reels of different weights and look at the balance of the spinning rod in In general, if the spinning rod does not collapse at your grip point, then the weight of the reel is close to ideal.

However, you need to understand that balance is important, but the power of the reel is no less important, because if you put a size 1000 reel with a small body and a small main pair (gear) on a heavy-class spinning rod, then such a reel will fall apart very quickly and you won’t even talk about balance don't remember.

It is necessary to look for the golden mean for each spinning rod, but I advise you not to stoop to reels weighing more than 270g, alas, your hands do not approve of the weight of 315g, how much, for example, the popular Ryobi Ecusima 3000 reel actually weighs, you can fish with this weight, but your wrist will hurt one hundred percent after a long fishing, for I determined for myself that 250-270g for a spinning rod of the medium class 5-25g is a very good weight, with this weight the balance of the spinning rod is still quite good, and my hands no longer hurt after numerous casts, however, the above also applies to the spinning rod itself, look for the lightest option possible, for example, for the same middle class, a good weight of a spinning rod is approximately 110-115g, this is already a fairly light spinning rod and the strength for 5-25g will also be sufficient.

Alas, lighter and higher quality reels today cost a lot, but there are good options even from well-known brands such as Daiwa and Shimano. For example, the Daiwa Revros 2500 weighs 250g, the Daiwa Ninja weighs 270g, and these are far from top-end reels, so it’s better to buy a normal thing and really enjoy fishing, and not come home and understand every time that your reel is not bad, but unfortunately heavy. In general, the most important thing is that you personally like and are comfortable with your reel and spinning rod, then this will be the ideal balance of reel and spinning rod just for you!

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