Do any of you weight balance your rods?

[Rebbasser]

I recently added some weights on the butt of my flipping stick to balance it and it made a huge difference for me. It added a little overall weight to the rod, but made it much easier to use as far as my wrist is concerned and seems to improve the sensitivity of the rod. I looped a wire on the butt of the rod that I could hang weights on and added weights untill the rod was no longer tip heavy and the tip kind of "floated". I found 4 oz. to be the right weight. I then took a rubber cap like you put on a chair leg, inserted a 3 and 1 oz. disk weight in it and pushed it on the butt of the flipping stick. I did flatten the 1 oz. disk weight to make it thinner and fit inside the cap better. It fits tight on the. butt cap so I did not have to epoxy it and it can be removed if I want to. All told it cost me about $3. BPS has ready made kits for about $10.

I was just wondering if any of you had done this with any of your rods. If you flip/pitch and your wrist gets tired or starts to hurt I found this makes a huge difference.