Rod breaking

[Bradley Simpson]

A week or 2 ago i was fishing with my buddy and we pulled on our line to compare the amount of tip on our rods since i had an extra heavy and he had a heavy but after a few light pulls of my line a few inches of the tip snapped off. Anyone know why?

[roadwarrior]

The rod blank was already compromised. Maybe stepped on or cracked in transport.

[.ghoti.]

Let me guess. You had the rod pointed straight up and pulled straight down on the line.

[dodgeguy]

Is it a toray blank? I've had 3 rods with them that snapped easy. I will never buy one again.

[roadwarrior]

29 minutes ago, .ghoti. said:

Let me guess. You had the rod pointed straight up and pulled straight down on the line.

Hmm...

I know a guy who broke two brand new RainShadows doing exactly what you describe.

 

[Bradley Simpson]

45 minutes ago, .ghoti. said:

Let me guess. You had the rod pointed straight up and pulled straight down on the line.

Nope

[Beeno]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

The rod blank was already compromised. Maybe stepped on or cracked in transport.

This is probably going to be the best Theory. The blank had been comprised in one way or another.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

1 hour ago, .ghoti. said:

Let me guess. You had the rod pointed straight up and pulled straight down on the line.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!

 

same thing as pointing the rod straight up and having the fish dive under the boat. Classic high stick scenario. If you held that same rod 90* to the load you’d be shocked at how high the deadlift capacity is(was). Nothing wrong with Toray materials in a general sense. 

[garroyo130]

Were you holding the rod by the blank up near the tip top? 

[FishTank]

3 hours ago, Bradley Simpson said:

A week or 2 ago i was fishing with my buddy and we pulled on our line to compare the amount of tip on our rods since i had an extra heavy and he had a heavy but after a few light pulls of my line a few inches of the tip snapped off. Anyone know why?

What rod was it exactly?  What kind of line?  Was the rod held straight up and the line pulled down?

 

More than likely, like stated above, the rod was probably cracked/compromised prior to your test.

[RichF]

I've had it happen with a Powell glass rod and two Lamiglas XP bass rods doing the same thing.  I'm very experienced and I don't high stick. Sometimes bad blanks get through the QC process. 

[CrankFate]

Depends on how it happened. Most people say user error, but a lot of rods get damaged in stores, warehouses and in transit. I always find very noticeable differences in rods in the store. Some are definitely more likely to break. It is hard to explain, but you can feel whether a rod might break when you bend it. You can even feel microcracks happening in most rods when they are brand new when you first start using them. If you get the feel of this, you’ll get a lot less broken rods.

[GreenPig]

Would've never happened with a Ugly Stick.

[.ghoti.]

13 hours ago, Bradley Simpson said:

Nope

Well then, you may have bought a defective rod. It happens. Not common, but also not out of the question. I would check  the warranty, and send it back if it is covered. 

[Fishes in trees]

Every so often you break a rod.  You can wonder about how it broke, but you'll never know, bottom line is rod broke.  Chalk it up to experience and don't do that again - or do it again and bust another rod.  If it is covered under warranty, check about how to get a new rod - nearly every company is different. 

[Bass Junke]

I am not very good at searching for specific posts on this site, but MickD posted an article from Rod Builders Magazine. I think that was the source. It was an eye opening article. It should be required reading for anyone that owns a rod that costs more than 50 dollars.