It seems that one of the biggest considerations that must be made when matching a reel to a spey rod is the weight of the reel and how it will balance the rod. This seems to limit the use of some lighter reels with heavier rods. I realize that the UL series by Lamson offers the lightest spey reels, and that there are a fair number of anglers using these reels, but are their rods balanced as well as they'd like them to be?
The reason I ask is that there seems to be a way to allow the spey fisherman to balance his outfit regardless of which reel is used, and that's to allow weight to be added to the butt-end of the rod. This is common practice in spin fishing; a removable butt-cap holds washers (number used determined by the rod and reel used) in place. In this fashion the fisherman may keep the same rod over a period of years and use several different reels on it, each giving him the same balanced feel if that's what he's after. Manufacturers of new spey rods could incorporate this feature quite easily, it would seem.
Is this valid thinking, or am I way off?
The reason I ask is that there seems to be a way to allow the spey fisherman to balance his outfit regardless of which reel is used, and that's to allow weight to be added to the butt-end of the rod. This is common practice in spin fishing; a removable butt-cap holds washers (number used determined by the rod and reel used) in place. In this fashion the fisherman may keep the same rod over a period of years and use several different reels on it, each giving him the same balanced feel if that's what he's after. Manufacturers of new spey rods could incorporate this feature quite easily, it would seem.
Is this valid thinking, or am I way off?