I'd not add weight to a rod in any fashion.

Folks have been trying to build lighter and lighter rods for years for a reason.

The isue here isn't the weight of the rod or the reel. It's the torque developed by holding a rod at angle at which it's not balanced. You can always adjust the angle you hold the rod at to get it balanced. It will balance at any place along it's grip, with or without a reel installed, at a certain angle. This angle will chnage based on the weight of the reel, the amount of line out the tip, and the currents pull (or lack of pull) on the line. Find that angle, and you will have the correct attitude to hold the rod at while you fish.

It's pretty easy to do this. For any given situation, just change the angle you hold the rod at until it doesn't feel tip heavy. Most of us do this automatically. You just hold the rod at the angle where it's the most conmfortable. Keeping the rod/reel/line combination as light as possible to begin with makes this easier and gives less fatigue.

Remember that by adding wieght you are not 'balancing' the rod, you are just changing the angle at wihch it balances and making yourself work harder in the long run holding up more weight.

Fly rod dynamics are not static. Constantly changing variables cannot be resolved with a static solution. You can change reels, lines, add or subtract weight, and it won't change how the system works.

Bottom line, if the rod doesn't feel 'right' to you, it's not a problem with the so called 'balance', it's just not the rod for you. Return it and try something that fits you better.

Buddy