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Billy, I had an experience casting a friends store bought rod that was improperly spined rod at 90 degrees from where it should have been. When it would drive me nuts was on the cast, not when catching fish. You could noticeably feel the rod shimmy when you cast it. It was not so much a noticeable twist in my hands but you could definately feel a wierd vibration that would go through the rod when the rod was loaded. I attributed that to the rod tip not staying in the same plane as the rest of the rod when loaded.
If you have a fly rod tip that is improperly spined try this. Take the tip only, and run about a 6 or 7 ft piece of line through it. Tie the line of at the bottom of the tip so that you leave 3 or 4 ft hanging out the end. Whip the line back and forth and you definately will feel the rod section twisting in your hand when you load it.
Now does this all amount to a hill of beans to the average fisherman? Probably not. But to somebody who builds or uses custom rods. It probably would.
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