Cumulus Needs A Reel

Have you used this specific rod? For the most part I would agree as a rod out of balance makes it feel heavier. However, this rod is extremely light. Refer to kickerfish1 combo the 7'1"MHXF is only slightly heavier.

Adding an 8 oz reel to balance this out would be increasing the overall weight of the setup by ~200% this rod is so light that even the tip heavy is not heavy. It is out of balanced towards the tip on a very light rod.

Like I've said, I've tried numerous reels on this rod to figure out which is best. And it is far less tiring and far more performance driven using a 5.5 oz steez making this under 10 ounces total. Fishing with ten ounces just slightly out of balance is not tiring once so ever on this particular setup.

When I placed my exsence dc on the rod. The combo felt much heavier and was far less of a novelty to fish with when compared to the steez. Unfortunately I use the steez on a different setup so after testing was over I now have a Chronarch 50mg which is almost as light and performs very well on the rod.

I do agree that with most rods balance takes precedence over weight savings. However, this specific rod it goes the other way for me.

I took the rod out last night for a little bit at a local pond and so far I have to agree. And I really don't see myself changing my mind either. The rod is so light that the balance really is not an issue. I may be saving up a bit more for an even nicer/lighter reel than I had planned but the lews tp is definitely OK with me until then.

I third this, I have Chronarch CI4+ and it does feel slightly tip heavy, but this rod is so light...I don't feel this rod causes any discomfort or fatigue like other rods I used that were tip heavy.