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Originally Posted by Sweetwater
If your rod is "twisting" when you hook up (i.e., the reel trying to turn /under/ the rod) it is because the rod was tied-up improperly. Every rod has a "spine" (or "spline") that is the natural bend in the rod. If the reel is set on top of the spine that is proper for conventional. For a spinning rod, the reel is set /under/ the spine. A proper conventional rod will not twist.
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Not quite true although spine does matter.
The biggest reason it wants to twist is because the spool is wider than the rod. When the line goes over to the side of the spool it torques the rod to that side.
On small reels like a 6500 it's not as noticeable. But get a hard pulling fish like a big red drum on a long 12' heaver with a wide spool reel like an abu 7500 and you can really feel the rod wanting to twist from one side to the other as you retreive the line. Especially if it is a non-level wind and your rod hand grip is weakened by using your thumb to lay on the line.