Beautiful day.... aweful ending!

[fishingfrenzy]

Today was a great day, a little wind, with temps in the upper 60's.  I haven't gone out fishing in a while, so I was very excited.  I went to a small private lake, 15 acres, that has a good population of fish, but the big ones are very wary and are hard to find.  I was paddling around the outside edge of the lake in a canoe, looking for some fish that moved shallow to feed.  After catching a couple small ones, I finally found a decent size fish 3-4 pounds.  I made a perfect cast to it, I was using a 5/0 hook with a 10" berkley power worm.  The fish turned and took the worm.. I reeled up the slack and just pulled back on my rod.  I didn't swing it hard or yank.. just enough to hook the fish.  As soon as my rod loaded, by pulling back.. my rod went POP! and snapped halfway down the blank.  Because when the road snapped, there was some slack in the line from the upper half going into the water, the fish threw the hook.  To make matters worse.. this was my prize possesion... the rod that I've taken every where and babied it.. making sure there wasn't a scratch or nick on it.  I just don't understand why it broke.. its pulled in fish after fish and now on this one, it had to go.  Anyways, it's a Loomis GL3.. so it should be in good hands with their warranty.  

[Bassn Blvd]

d**n man, Sorry to hear that.   My Loomis broke yesterday.  What's up with all the breaks all of a sudden.

[Clayton]

Yeah, kinda weired, I had a rod break not long ago.

[rfrazier]

yup was having a good day, and broke my rod as well.  > Rod breaking fever.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

What's with all the Loomis reports of rods snapping half way down????

Second one in 2 days.

Good luck w/ replacement, sorry for your loss

[roadwarrior]

Well, we have 10,000+ members.

I have never broken a rod (any brand) on a fish.

[fishingfrenzy]

This was actually the second rod I've broken in the the last year... and have never broken a rod before that.  The last rod, was a St. Croix triumph, that was actually my dad's that I borrowed.  I hooked a little fish and was just bringing it in, when about a foot from the tip snapped in half.  The rod was sent back and we got a new one soon after.  

I'm just kinda angry that now I have to go through the hassle of replacing the rod.  But I'm trying to see if I could pay the difference a get a slightly heavier rod and possibly slightly longer.  Who knows, it might turn out for the best and be worth it after all.

[Guest btlva]

Well, we have 10,000+ members.

I have never broken a rod (any brand) on a fish.

Me neither.

Now I'm sure I've jinxed myself!

[ZombyGuru]

Frenzy, I know the feeling, I was using my buddy's st.croix 6'6" and it snapped during a regular retrieval, i think i was more upset w/ myself than he was with me :!  Anyway at least there was some excitement and you didn't get skunked.

[bassnleo]

Well, we have 10,000+ members.

I have never broken a rod (any brand) on a fish.

I broke a Quantum Gary Klein flippin stick this year, set the hook on a fish in heavy grass and rod broke about 1/3 of the way up the blank.

[Sam]

I broke my rod trying to get a lure out of a tree.

Had another one snap when it was stepped on by a jogger while fishing a pond.

Never broke a rod on a fish.  I am too careful about setting the drag.  A little on the loose side.