Broke another rod.

[RoLo]

 

When rod failure is attributed to a manufacturing defect,

the blank will generally break during the first few outings.

I've only experienced that particular scenario once, it was a brand new Browning blank

and I was drifting for summer flounder (about 100 yrs ago).

 

"Graphite" is remarkably strong & remarkably light, but continual flexing causes graphite 

to become more brittle, which ultimately explodes. Graphite fatigue is the reason

(the only reason) why bluewater anglers prefer E-glass blanks to graphite blank.

 

That said, the 2 occurrences I noted above are the least common, while the vast majority

of blank failure is angler-induced. A common example is 'high-sticking', which is an effective way

to test the status of graphite fatigue, but eventually you'll be disappointed by the feedback.

 

Another example is when setting the hook on a topwater, or tearing the lure from a lily pad.

The rod smashes brutally into the gunnel, but thank goodness it didn't break   < Not Yet >

 

Roger

 

[N Florida Mike]

Like I said , first break for me in 45 years on a hookset. I was thinking back on the day and remembered making a cast and the rod hitting the boat . It didnt appear to have any damage from it , but maybe it weakened it enough...On that particular fish , I set the hook about 3/4 from over the top ( to use baseball terms.), but it wasnt much different from the other thousands of hooksets Ive done...

[K1500]

Funny thing, the first rod I broke was a Browning pistol grip baitcaster about 100 years ago as well on the first outing. I still have the replacement rod and it fishes fine. 

[WRB]

I haven't noticed a spinning rod guide without a insert since the coil guides in the 70's.

How old is the spinning rod with taped guide?

MLF anglers lift bass out of the water (high sticking) on a regular basis, rod failures are part of the game. I watched a MLF event where Duckett broke 2 of his of his own rods and several white Dockett rods have been broken in MLF contest.

Lifting a 1 lb bass out of the water is stressful on ML rods.

Tom

[NELABassguy]

I had never broken a rod until this year either and then I broke two in two weeks by high sticking one on a 1lb fish and picking one up off the deck that was under a cleat.    I have learned my lesson. 

[N Florida Mike]

11 hours ago, WRB said:

haven't noticed a spinning rod guide without a insert since the coil guides in the 70's.

How old is the spinning rod with taped guide?

 

The insert is gone on the one guide. The other guides have them. Its a penn slammer SL 6.6. 

4th rod down the list, but its as good as my #1 finesse rod that broke, except for the guide/insert issue.

As you can tell, I dont have expensive stuff, but they still fish good...

I have a Berkley Cherrywood rod without inserts that I got in 2007 brand new. 

[WRB]

3 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

The insert is gone on the one guide. The other guides have them. Its a penn slammer SL 6.6. 

4th rod down the list, but its as good as my #1 finesse rod that broke, except for the guide/insert issue.

As you can tell, I dont have expensive stuff, but they still fish good...

I have a Berkley Cherrywood rod without inserts that I got in 2007 brand new. 

Most rods stopped using metal guides when super braid became popular because braid cuts grooves into the metal rings. Carbide inserts were popular but cracked easily then Fuji came out with ceramic giude rings solving all the issues.

Dobyns Colt series rod are good for price point.

Enjoy Memorial Holiday,

Tom

[N Florida Mike]

Thanks Tom. I’ll check em out. Interesting info. You have a good one as well.

 

[ike8120]

I broke my first rod ever, this year. I can attribute it to operator error, not paying attention I pulled down on the hook to attach the hook to the hook keeper, just a little too much tension and bang there it went. Lesson learned.