I know of a guy here in Georgia, that leaves his rods strapped down on his boat, year around. Now, if you have never experienced the sun and humidity here in Georgia say around August, you have missed out on an experience as close to Hades as you can get... ;D ;D
Anyway, this guy has had 3 rods fail in the last year, and is constantly losing fish to break offs. I have tried and tried to tell him to just spend another 5 min. when he gets home and put his rods in the garage, but he will not listen,, he just badmouths every line he has ever tried, and rods are sent back to the manufacture for replacements.... : : : :