i would take a few feet off the back.. like 3 or 4 then maybe 2 off the front.. give it a cast and see were it is for u... like bowcane said it can be risky and u can wreck the line (ive messed around witha few dozen the last year and ahve lots of scrap lines kicking arounw now) then cast is.. if its still too heavy take another foot off the back.. u will be altering the taper of teh head no matter what you do so its up too ya too make it sutable for what you want too do with it!