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Never broke a rod on a hookset. Ceiling fans and trolling motors only ;D I believe a monster hookset is over rated.

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None. I've only broken a couple, and they have been done the standard way: operator error.

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So far I don't recall any but I have broken my Pro Qualifier rod by stepping trying to avoid my Bowfin from biting me when it jumped off my scale. Man I was furious, just bought the rod, go out the next day and to just to break it on my first on only first fish that morning.

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One, a MH Shimano Clarus, on an 8 inch pike.  It wasn't the hookset's problem, it was something wrong with the rod. Also probably my fault.

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If a rod is more than a few months old, failure on a hookset is directly attributable to user damage.

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No hooksets but one time casting in to a heavy wind with a heavy lure. It was my fault and the company replaced the rod for a small fee.

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None, never. I upgraded my rods this year to Wright and Mcgill (SR edition), and they all have performed flawlessly.

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I'm jinxing myself no doubt, but never broke one on a hook set... now the ceiling fan in my office here, that's a different story.

I did have a reel seat break once on a hook set and the reel went flying out of the back of the boat.

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3 or 4.  2 of them many, many years ago during the early days of graphite rods.  They were often prone to snap on the hooksets.

Another one, I don't remember the brand, fishing deep brush with braid.

The last, on the RT last year.  Though I had partially stepped on the rod earlier in the day.  I'm pretty sure I fractured it. 

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I've broken several over the years being stewpid.

Only one on the hookset. Using braid, snappin a jig up off the bottom. I set the hook with the braid wrapped around the rod tip. Snapped it right off.

And that was the end of my story with braid. Got rid of it, and will never use it again.

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Never. Although now that I say that I am surely doomed ;D. Doors and stuff sliding around in the back of the truck have claimed a few though.

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ONE it was on a braid hookset .

But the best part of this topic is there is 4 pages of replys. and 95% have said no broke rods ..but when the topic of Carrot sticks comes up and there is three pages of replys on how people broke them on the hook set ...just found it funny

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